Zeta potentials and sizes of aluminum salt precipitates - Effect of anions and organics and implications for coagulation mechanisms

Journal of Water Process Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue C, 2014, Pages 224-232

  Duan, Jinming ^a,c   Wang, Junsheng ^a   Guo, Tingting ^a   Gregory, John ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aluminum salts; Coagulation; Natural organic matter; Size of precipitate; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926371918     PISSN: 22147144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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