Rapid adsorption of arsenic from aqueous solution by ferrihydrite-coated sand and granular ferric hydroxide

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-189

  Mähler, Johan ^a   Persson, Ingmar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENATE ADSORPTION; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COMMERCIAL MATERIALS; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME; GRANULAR FERRIC HYDROXIDE; MINERAL SUSPENSIONS; OXYHYDROXIDES; RAPID ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; COATINGS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARSENATE; ARSENIC; COATING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROXIDE; IRON; MINERAL; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 84883202378     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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