Simultaneous phosphate and ammonium removal from aqueous solution by a hydrated aluminum oxide modified natural zeolite

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 271, Issue , 2015, Pages 204-213

  Guaya, Diana ^a,b   Valderrama, César ^a   Farran, Adriana ^a   Armijos, Chabaco ^b   Cortina, José Luis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^c Water Technology Center CETaqua ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Clinoptilolite; Hydrated aluminum oxide; Kinetic; Modification; Natural zeolite

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; EFFLUENTS; HYDRATION; KINETICS; OXIDES; SORPTION; TITRATION; ZEOLITES;

ACID-BASE TITRATION; ALUMINUM OXIDES; CLINOPTILOLITES; MODIFICATION; NATURAL ZEOLITES; REGENERATION CYCLES; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SURFACE HYDROXYL GROUPS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84924977762     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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