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Granular Activated Carbon Adsorption

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-012490

A technology used to adsorb the relatively small quantities of soluble organics and inorganic compounds such as nitrogen, sulfides, and heavy metals remaining in wastewater following biological or physical-chemical treatment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-012490
FieldEnvironment
AbbreviationGAC Adsorption
ReferencesAdapted from EPA Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet, Granular Activated Carbon Absorption and Regeneration at http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/upload/2003_05_15_mtb_carbon_absorption.pdf
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012490",
  "term": "Granular Activated Carbon Adsorption",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A technology used to adsorb the relatively small quantities of soluble organics and inorganic compounds such as nitrogen, sulfides, and heavy metals remaining in wastewater following biological or physical-chemical treatment.",
  "abbreviation": "GAC Adsorption",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from EPA Wastewater Technology Fact Sheet, Granular Activated Carbon Absorption and Regeneration at http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/upload/2003_05_15_mtb_carbon_absorption.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/granular-activated-carbon-adsorption/"
}

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