Arsenic and iron removal from groundwater by oxidation-coagulation at optimized pH: Laboratory and field studies

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 260, Issue , 2013, Pages 618-626

  Bordoloi, Shreemoyee ^a   Nath, Suresh K ^a   Gogoi, Sweety ^a   Dutta, Robin K ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic removal; Ferric chloride; Oxidation coagulation; Potassium permanganate; Sodium bicarbonate

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; FERRIC CHLORIDE; LABORATORY AND FIELD STUDIES; OXIDATION-COAGULATION; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURES;

ALKALINITY; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; GROUNDWATER; MANGANESE OXIDE; METAL IONS; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; BICARBONATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERROUS CHLORIDE; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; IRON; MANGANESE OXIDE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; WATER;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESIDUAL FLOW; TOXICITY;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COST; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH; SLUDGE;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; FERRIC CHLORIDE; OXIDATION-COAGULATION; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

ARSENIC; CHLORIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; IONS; IRON; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDANTS; OXIDES; OXYGEN; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASSAM; INDIA;

EID: 84879998535     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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