Competitive effects on mercury removal by an agricultural waste: Application to synthetic and natural spiked waters

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 661-673

  Rocha, Luciana S ^a   Lopes, Cláudia B ^a   Henriques, Bruno ^a   Tavares, Daniela S ^a   Borges, J A ^b   Duarte, Armando C ^a   Pereira, Eduarda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Alto Brenha Brenha   (Portugal)

Author keywords

competitive ions; humic substances; mercury; natural waters; remediation; rice husk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; IONIC STRENGTH; IONS; REMEDIATION;

COMPETITIVE IONS; CONTAMINATION PROBLEM; DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; NATURAL WATERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RICE HUSK;

MERCURY (METAL);

CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROLYTE; MERCURY; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

CADMIUM; IONIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; REMEDIATION; SORPTION; STRENGTH; WASTE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; RICE HUSK; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; KINETICS; MERCURY; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84891831888     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.841267     Document Type: Article

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