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Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Natural Waters and Water Treatment

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Ronald Beckett

    1. Water Studies Centre Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Caulfield East, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  3. Water Treatment Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Water Treatment Technology in Australia

      • Brian A. Bolto
      Pages 87-101

    3. The Role of Surface and Colloid Chemistry in the SIROFLOC Process

      • David R. Dixon, Luis O. Kolarik
      Pages 103-118

    4. Coagulation and Flocculation — Destabilizing Practices? (With Particular Reference to Metal Ion Coagulants)

      • Peter R. Hutchison, Thomas W. Healy
      Pages 119-134

    5. Enhanced Biological Removal of Phosphorus from Wastewater

      • Annabelle Duncan, Ronald C. Bayly, John W. May, George Vasiliadis, William G. C. Raper
      Pages 135-142

    6. Some Effects of Dam Destratification upon Manganese Speciation

      • Barry Chiswell, Mazlin Bin Mokhtar
      Pages 143-152

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 153-159
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About this book

The discipline of surface and colloid chemistIy has experienced a considerable resurgence since the early sixties. This perhaps reflects a growing realisation of the wide applicability of modern colloid and surface theory to many important industrial, medical and environmental problems. This increased activity has resulted in a very complex and at times even confusing area of science being consolidated within a firm theoretical framework. The clearer insights gained into the underlying principles have no doubt acted in an autocatalytic manner to stimulate further interest in an expanding range of applications. A good example in the area of environmental chemistry has been the realization of the important role played by colloidal material and surface interactions in natural biogeochemical processes that has been the subject of increasing attention over the last few decades. This is well illustrated by the numerous studies carried out to elucidate the speciation, toxicity, transport and fate of pollutants in aquatic systems. In the vast majority cases these have clearly implicated some involvement of an aSSOciation between the of pollutant (e. g. trace metal, toxic organic compound or nutrient) and a colloidal component (e. g. particle, humic substance, foam). In order to understand these interactions fully and their effect on pollutant mobility it is important to develop a full appreciation of the surface chemistry of these complex systems. Australian SCientists have long been prominent in the area of colloid and surface chemistry particularly dUring the latter half of this century.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Water Studies Centre Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Melbourne, Caulfield East, Australia

    Ronald Beckett

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Natural Waters and Water Treatment

  • Editors: Ronald Beckett

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2510-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-43802-8Published: 31 January 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-2512-1Published: 24 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2510-7Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 159

  • Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Ecotoxicology, Physical Chemistry

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