Rapid and wide pH-independent ammonium-nitrogen removal using a composite hydrogel with three-dimensional networks

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 179, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-98

  Zheng, Yian ^a,b   Xie, Yuntao ^a,b   Wang, Aiqin ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Composite hydrogel; Fast responsive; Removal; Three dimensional networks

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION DESORPTION; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ADSORPTION PROCESS; AMMONIUM; BATCH ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; CO-EXISTING; COMPOSITE HYDROGEL; COMPOSITE HYDROGELS; CONTACT TIME; DESORPTION EFFICIENCY; DISTILLED WATER; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAST-RESPONSIVE; GRAFTED POLY(ACRYLIC ACID); GRANULAR COMPOSITES; IN-SITU; LAKE WATERS; N REMOVAL; TAP WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS; WATERBODIES; WELL WATER; WIDE PH RANGE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLAY MINERALS; DESORPTION; DYES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PH EFFECTS; REMOVAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84155186402     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.10.064     Document Type: Article

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