Minimizing residual aluminum concentration in treated water by tailoring properties of polyaluminum coagulants

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2075-2084

  Kimura, Masaoki ^a   Matsui, Yoshihiko ^a   Kondo, Kenta ^a   Ishikawa, Tairyo B ^a   Matsushita, Taku ^a   Shirasaki, Nobutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basicity; Coagulation; Monomer Al; PACl; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISSOLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS; MONOMER AL; MONOMERICS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL; POLY(ALUMINUM CHLORIDE); PROPERTY; RESIDUAL ALUMINIUM CONCENTRATION; WIDE PH RANGE;

COAGULATION;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; POLYMER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALUMINUM; COAGULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; PH; SULFATE; TURBIDITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COAGULATION (CHEMISTRY); COLLOID; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84875251999     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.037     Document Type: Article

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