Arsenic removal from water using various adsorbents: Magnetic ion exchange resins, hydrous ion oxideparticles, granular ferric hydroxide, activated alumina, sulfur modified iron, and iron oxide-coated microsand

Environmental Engineering Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-173

  Sinha, Shahnawaz ^a   Amy, Gary ^a   Yoon, Yeomin ^b   Her, Namguk ^c  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c Korea Army Academy at Young Cheon   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Arsenic removal; Ion effect; Sorption; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; ARSENIC; BINDING ENERGY; DEIONIZED WATER; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IONS; IRON; IRON OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION CONTROL; RATE CONSTANTS; SILICATES; SORPTION; SULFUR; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM; ADSORPTION OF ARSENICS; ARSENIC REMOVAL; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; GRANULAR FERRIC HYDROXIDE; ION EFFECT; MAGNETIC ION EXCHANGE RESINS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 80053944096     PISSN: 12261025     EISSN: 2005968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4491/eer.2011.16.3.165     Document Type: Article

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