Enhancement of nitrate removal from a solution of mixed nitrate, chloride and sulfate ions using a nitrate-selective carbon electrode

Desalination

Volumn 320, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Yeo, Jin Hee ^a   Choi, Jae Hwan ^a  

^a Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption equilibrium; Capacitive deionization; Ion exchange resin; Nitrate ion; Selective carbon electrode

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; ANION EXCHANGE RESINS; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; CARBON ELECTRODE; CONSTANT CURRENT; HIGH SELECTIVITY; NITRATE IONS; NITRATE REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DESALINATION; ELECTRODES; EXPERIMENTS; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION;

NITRATES;

ADSORPTION; ANION; CARBON; CHLORIDE; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; EQUILIBRIUM; ION EXCHANGE; NITRATE; RESIN; SULFATE;

EID: 84877804901     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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