Fluoride removal from water by adsorption—A review

Chemical Engineering Journal - Tập 171 Số 3 - Trang 811-840 - 2011
Amit Bhatnagar1, Eva Kumar1, Mika Sillanpää2
1LSRE – Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering, Departamento de Engenharia Química, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
2Faculty of Technology, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Patteristonkatu 1, FI-50100 Mikkeli, Finland

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