Arsenic Removal from Natural Water Using Low Cost Granulated Adsorbents: A Review

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-26

  Baig, Shams Ali ^a   Sheng, Tiantian ^a   Hu, Yunjun ^a   Xu, Jiang ^a   Xu, Xinhua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorbent regeneration; Arsenic concentration; Drinking water; Filter systems; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921604137     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200466     Document Type: Article

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