Reactive iron sulfide (FeS)-supported ultrafiltration for removal of mercury (Hg(II)) from water

Water Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 310-321

  Han, Dong Suk ^a   Orillano, Maria ^a   Khodary, Ahmed ^a   Duan, Yuhang ^b   Batchelor, Bill ^b   Abdel Wahab, Ahmed ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Desorption; FeS; Mackinawite; Mercury; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESORPTION; IRON; MERCURY (METAL); OXIDATION; SHEAR FLOW; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

BATCH SYSTEMS; DEAD-END ULTRAFILTRATION; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MACKINAWITE; MECHANISM OF OXIDATION; RAPID OXIDATION;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS SULFIDE; MERCURY; THIOSULFATE; WATER;

ADSORPTION; BIOREACTOR; DESORPTION; IRON SULFIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IRON KINETICS; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SOLID; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SUSPENSION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; FES; MACKINAWITE; MERCURY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; MERCURY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84893750615     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.033     Document Type: Article

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