Metakaolin geopolymer characterization and application for ammonium removal from model solutions and landfill leachate

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 119, Issue , 2016, Pages 266-276

  Luukkonen, Tero ^a,b   Sarkkinen, Minna ^a   Kemppainen, Kimmo ^a   Rämö, Jaakko ^b   Lassi, Ulla ^b,c  

^a Kajaani University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Ammonium; Geopolymer; Landfill leachate; Metakaolin; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GEOPOLYMERS; INORGANIC POLYMERS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; ZEOLITES;

ALUMINO-SILICATE COMPOUNDS; AMMONIUM; CATION EXCHANGE PROPERTIES; GEOPOLYMER; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LANGMUIR-FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; METAKAOLINS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS;

ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINOSILICATE; AMMONIUM; ION EXCHANGE; KAOLIN; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ZEOLITE;

EID: 84949455704     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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