Variation in character and treatability of organics in river water: An assessment by HPAC and alum coagulation

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-171

  Aslam, Zeeshan ^a   Chow, Christopher W K ^a,b,c   Murshed, Fared ^a   Van Leeuwen, John A ^a,c   Drikas, Mary ^a,b,c   Wang, Dongsheng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Fluorescence; HPSEC; Humics; NOM; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION EMISSION MATRICES; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH PERFORMANCE SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HPSEC; HUMICS; NOM; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; WATER QUALITY;

COAGULATION;

EID: 84887012500     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.09.033     Document Type: Article

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