Arsenic removal with composite iron matrix filters in Bangladesh: A field and laboratory study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4544-4554

  Neumann, Anke ^a,d   Kaegi, Ralf ^a   Voegelin, Andreas ^a   Hussam, Abul ^b   Munir, Abul K M ^c   Hug, Stephan J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sono Technology and Research Inc   (Bangladesh)

^d IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL; COMPOSITE IRON MATRIXES (CIM); CONCENTRATION PROFILES; GROUNDWATER CONCENTRATIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MITIGATION MEASURES; SAFE DRINKING WATER; ZEROVALENT IRONS;

CORROSION; GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE; POLLUTION CONTROL;

IRON;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; OXYGEN; WATER;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORROSION; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MATRIX; OXYGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; FILTRATION; SOLID; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; FILTRATION; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84877604268     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305176x     Document Type: Article

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