Removal of low concentrations of ammonium and humic acid from simulated groundwater by vermiculite/palygorskite mixture

Water Environment Research

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 682-688

  Zhang, Xiuli ^a   Lv, Guocheng ^a   Liao, Libing ^a   He, Maoqian ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a,b   Wang, Mingshan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ammonium; Humic acid; Palygorskite; Removal; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; MIXTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; AMMONIUM; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; HUMIC ACID; PALYGORSKITES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; VERMICULITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

AMMONIA; ATTAPULGITE; GROUND WATER; HUMIC ACID; VERMICULITE;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HUMIC ACID; ISOTHERM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALYGORSKITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VERMICULITE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ISOTHERM; KINETICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84864405992     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143012X13373550426751     Document Type: Article

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