Individual and combined influence of calcium and anions on simultaneous removal of chromate and arsenate by Fe(II) under suboxic conditions

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-292

  Dong, Haoran ^a   Guan, Xiaohong ^a,b   Wang, Dansi ^a   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anions; Arsenate; Calcium; Chromium; Ferrous

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; IONS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; NEGATIVE IONS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PH EFFECTS; SILICATES;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ARSENATE; ARSENATE REMOVAL; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; COMPETITIVE CAPABILITIES; FERROUS; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84860668069     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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