Superiority of date seed ash as an adsorbent over other ashes and ferric chloride in removing boron from seawater

Many desalination plants, especially those utilising seawater as feed water, have trouble in reducing boron levels to the drinking water standards. The objective of this study is to investigate the removal of boron from seawater using low cost methods: three fly ashes as adsorbents and ferric chlori...

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Main Authors: Al-Ithari, Afrah, Sathasivan, Arumugam, Ahmed, Roxanne, Vuthaluru, Hari, Zhan, Weixi, Ahmed, M.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Desalination Publications 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47185