Eliminating turbidity in drinking water using the mucilage of a common cactus

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Pichler, Thomas ^a   Young, Kevin ^b   Alcantar, Norma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Flocculant; Green chemistry; Natural material; Nopal; Opuntia; Water remediation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMULSIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; TURBIDITY;

CACTUS; FLOCCULANT; GREEN CHEMISTRY; NATURAL MATERIALS; NOPAL; OPUNTIA; WATER REMEDIATION;

ADHESIVES;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; CARBOHYDRATE; DRINKING WATER; SUGAR;

CACTUS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; FLOCCULATION; MUCILAGE; REMEDIATION; SURFACE TENSION; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUCILAGE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUSINDICA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; TURBIDITY;

LATIN AMERICA;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA;

EID: 84861049853     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2012.126     Document Type: Article

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