Microstructural characteristics and adsorption potential of a zeolitic tuff–metakaolin geopolymer

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 338-345

  Alshaaer, Mazen ^a,b   Zaharaki, Dimitra ^c   Komnitsas, Kostas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Geopolymers; Metakaolinite; Zeolitic tuff

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KAOLIN; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUFF; WASTEWATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84942366255     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.938306     Document Type: Article

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