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Metallic iron for safe drinking water provision: Considering a lost knowledge.

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dc.creator Mwakabona, Hezron T
dc.creator Ndé-Tchoupé, Arnaud Igor
dc.creator Njau, Karoli N.
dc.creator Noubactep, Chicgoua
dc.creator Wydra, Kerstin D
dc.date 2020-07-01T12:08:15Z
dc.date 2020-07-01T12:08:15Z
dc.date 2017-06-15
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:24:43Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:24:43Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.03.001
dc.identifier https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/810
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95709
dc.description This research article published by Elsevier Ltd., 2017
dc.description Around year 1890, the technology of using metallic iron (Fe) for safe drinking water provision was already established in Europe. The science and technology to manufacture suitable Fe materials were known and further developed in this period. Scientists had then developed skills to (i) explore the suitability of individual Fe materials (e.g. iron filling, sponge iron) for selected applications, and (ii) establish treatment processes for households and water treatment plants. The recent (1990) discovery of Fe as reactive agent for environmental remediation and water treatment has not yet considered this ancient knowledge. In the present work, some key aspects of the ancient knowledge are presented together with some contemporised interpretations, in an attempt to demonstrate the scientific truth contained therein. It appears that the ancient knowledge is an independent validation of the scientific concept that in water treatment (Fe/HO system) Fe materials are generators of contaminant collectors.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Elsevier Ltd.
dc.subject Knowledge loss
dc.subject Reactive filtration
dc.subject Revolving purifier
dc.subject Water treatment
dc.subject Zero-valent iron
dc.title Metallic iron for safe drinking water provision: Considering a lost knowledge.
dc.type Article


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