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Main Title Removing Radium from Water by Plain and Treated Activated Alumina.
Author Garg, D. ; Clifford., D. ;
CORP Author Houston Univ., TX. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.;Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Drinking Water Research Div.
Publisher Apr 92
Year Published 1992
Report Number EPA/600/R-92/048;
Stock Number PB92-164789
Additional Subjects Ground water ; Radium ; Water treatment ; Removal ; Barium sulfates ; Adsorption ; Aluminum oxides ; Beds(Process engineering) ; Performance evaluation ; Drinking water ; Activated alumina ; Radium 226
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NTIS  PB92-164789 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The research determined the feasibility of using BaSO4-impregnated activated alumina and plain activated alumina for radium removal from groundwater by fixed-bed adsorption. The major factors influencing radium adsorption onto the two types of alumina were identified. The radium regenerability of the aluminas was also studied. Good to excellent radium removals were obtained depending on the chemical composition of the feedwater. For example, BaSO4-impregnated alumina treated 25,000 bed volumes (BV) and plain alumina treated 14,000 BV of influent before radium and maximum contaminant level (MCL) breakthrough. The presence of sulfate ions in the feedwater enhanced, and the presence of barium inhibited radium adsorption on both types of alumina. The water hardness significantly reduced radium removal by plain alumina, although it had little effect on removal by BaSO4-impregnated alumina.