Evaluation of Two Low-Cost-High-Performance Adsorbent Materials in the Waste-to-Product Approach for the Removal of Pesticides from Drinking Water

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-253

  Thuy, Pham Thi ^a   Anh, Nguyen Viet ^b   Van Der Bruggen, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Biomass; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROSITY; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 84857744788     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100209     Document Type: Article

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