Influence of the apparent molecular size of aquatic humic substances on colour removal by coagulation and filtration

Environmental Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1767-1777

  Rigobello, Eliane Sloboda ^a   Dantas, Angela Di Bernardo ^a   Di Bernardo, Luiz ^a   Vieira, Eny Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aluminium sulphate; apparent molecular size; aquatic humic substances; colour removal; ferric chloride

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); METAL IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION;

ALUMINIUM SULPHATE; AQUATIC HUMIC SUBSTANCES; BENCH-SCALE SAND FILTERS; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FULVIC ACIDS; JAR TEST; METAL ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; STABILITY DIAGRAM; WATER SAMPLES;

COLOR;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM SULFATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FULVIC ACID; METAL ION; ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; CATION; COAGULATION; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRON; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SIZE; TESTING METHOD; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEWAGE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; BENZOPYRANS; CHLORIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84857073944     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.555423     Document Type: Article

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