The removal of arsenate from water using iron-modified diatomite (D-Fe): Isotherm and column experiments

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 495-506

  Pantoja, M L ^a   Jones, H ^a   Garelick, H ^a   Mohamedbakr, H G ^b,c   Burkitbayev, M ^d  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Column; Competitive ions; Diatomite; Iron oxide; Isotherm

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENATE; DIATOMITE; INORGANIC SALT; ISOTHERM; OXIDE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SATURATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE ION; INFUSORIAL EARTH; IRON; PHOSPHATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARSENATES; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; HYDROXIDES; IRON; PHOSPHATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84891625031     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1891-7     Document Type: Article

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