Solid-phase characterisation of an effective household sand filter for As, Fe and Mn removal from groundwater in Vietnam

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 566-578

  Voegelin, Andreas ^a   Kaegi, Ralf ^a   Berg, Michael ^a   Nitzsche, Katja Sonja ^b   Kappler, Andreas ^b   Lan, Vi Mai ^c   Trang, Pham Thi Kim ^c   Göttlicher, Jörg ^d   Steininger, Ralph ^d  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

drinking water; phosphate.

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRINKING WATER; FERRIHYDRITE; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SORPTION;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84907670441     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN14011     Document Type: Article

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