Simultaneous removal of low concentrations of ammonium and humic acid from simulated groundwater by vermiculite/palygorskite columns

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-124

  Lv, Guocheng ^a   Wang, Xiaoyu ^a   Liao, Libing ^a   Li, Zhaohui ^a,b,c   He, Maoqian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Column test; HA; Palygorskite; Removal; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC ACIDS; REMOVAL;

AMMONIUM; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; COLUMN TEST; PALYGORSKITES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SIMULATED GROUND WATER; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; VERMICULITE;

CLAY MINERALS;

EID: 84885519449     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2013.08.043     Document Type: Article

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