Groundwater arsenic removal by coagulation using ferric(III) sulfate and polyferric sulfate: A comparative and mechanistic study

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-53

  Cui, Jinli ^a   Jing, Chuanyong ^a   Che, Dongsheng ^b   Zhang, Jianfeng ^b   Duan, Shuxuan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

Coagulation; EXAFS; Ferric(III) sulfate (FS); Groundwater As removal; Leaching; Polyferric sulfate (PFS)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COAGULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; IRON METALLOGRAPHY; LEACHING; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTABLE WATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

EXAFS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; FERRIC(III) SULFATE (FS); GROUNDWATER AS; GROUNDWATER TREATMENT; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; POLY FERRIC SULFATES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

IRON;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; FERRIC ION; FERRIC SULFATE; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GROUNDWATER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84930025159     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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