Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption on magnetite nanoparticles

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-437

  Chowdhury, Saidur Rahman ^a   Yanful, Ernest K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Groundwater; Langmuir isotherm; Magnetite nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC ADSORPTION; ARSENIC REMOVAL; ARSENIC SPECIES; CONTACT TIME; CONTAMINATED WATER; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LIQUID PHASE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; OXIDE COMPLEXES; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEWATERING; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ADSORBENT; ARSENIC; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; METAL COMPLEX; PHOSPHATE; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; MAGNESITE; PH; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE AREA;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860389083     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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