Reduction of nitrate and ammonium adsorption using microscale iron particles and zeolitite

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1079-1089

  Comba, Silvia ^a   Martin, Maria ^b   Marchisio, Daniele ^a   Sethi, Rajandrea ^a   Barberis, Elisabetta ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Micrometric iron; Nitrate; Water filtration; Zeolitite

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN HEALTH; IRON PARTICLES; MICRO-SCALES; NATURAL MATERIALS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; TWO-MATERIALS; ZEOLITITE; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEIONIZED WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; IRON; NITRATES; WATER FILTRATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ADSORBENT; AMMONIA; DEIOINIZED WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; MICROSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON; NITRATE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZEOLITE; ZEOLITITE;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; NITRATE; ZEOLITE;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRON KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; REACTION TIME; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84859158498     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0926-2     Document Type: Article

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