Removal of bacteria and Cryptosporidium from water by micelle-montmorillonite complexes

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 40-42, 2013, Pages 7672-7680

  Shtarker Sasi, Anat ^a   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,c   Matan, Ofra ^a   Kagan, Tanya ^a,b   Nir, Shlomo ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a   Nasser, Abidelfatah M ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bacteria; Cryptosporidium; Filtration; Micelle montmorillonite; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; DESORPTION; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNITUDE; MONTMORILLONITE; PATHOGENICITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84890090310     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.776993     Document Type: Article

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