Removal of radium from groundwater using a modified bauxite refinery residue

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1835-1843

  Clark, M W ^a   Akhurst, D J ^a   Fergusson, L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Virotec Global Solutions Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; INITIAL PH; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS; MISSOURIS; POST TREATMENT; RAW WATER; REFINERY RESIDUES; RUNTIMES; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURES;

BLENDING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); LEACHING; RADIUM; REFINING; SORPTION; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER INJECTION;

WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORBENT; COPPER; GROUND WATER; IRON; MODIFIED BAUXITE REFINERY RESIDUE; RADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LEACHING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PH; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84055176555     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0090     Document Type: Article

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