A fixed bed sorption system for defluoridation of ground water

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-22

  Sulaiman, Ayoob ^a   Gupta, Ashok K ^b   Basheer, Abi B ^a  

^a OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Breakthrough curve; Column study; Fluoride; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555216045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19823932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4090/juee.2009.v3n1.017022     Document Type: Article

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