Effects of impurities on the removal of heavy metals by natural limestones in aqueous systems

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 245-253

  Sdiri, Ali ^c   Higashi, Teruo ^a   Jamoussi, Fakher ^b   Bouaziz, Samir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b National Center for Materials Sciences   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Limestone; Precipitation; Sorption; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIME; METAL IONS; SILICA; SORPTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

AQUEOUS SYSTEM; BATCH METHODS; CONTACT TEMPERATURE; CONTACT TIME; EFFECTS OF IMPURITIES; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION EXPERIMENTS; TUNISIA;

LIMESTONE;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; LIMESTONE; METAL ION; SILICON DIOXIDE; ZINC;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CAMPANIAN; DIFFUSION; HEAVY METAL; LIMESTONE; MAASTRICHTIAN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; KINETICS; PH; TEMPERATURE; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER;

TUNISIA;

EID: 80054110212     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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