Natural zeolites from Ethiopia for elimination of fluoride from drinking water

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-229

  Gómez Hortigüela, Luis ^a   Pérez Pariente, Joaquín ^a   García, Raquel ^a   Chebude, Yonas ^b   Díaz, Isabel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Defluoridation; Fluoride adsorption; Fluorosis; Groundwater; Natural zeolite

Indexed keywords

DEFLUORIDATION; FLUORIDE ADSORPTIONS; FLUORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; FLUOROSIS; MORDENITE ZEOLITE; NATURAL ZEOLITES; VOLCANIC REGION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADSORBENTS; GROUNDWATER; ZEOLITES;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84887049164     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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