Factors Affecting the Efficiency of Clinoptilolite for Removing Ammonia form Water
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Progressive Fish-Culturist
- Vol. 44 (4) , 187-189
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1982)44[187:fateoc]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Clinoptilolite, a natural zeolite, is efficient for removing ammonia from water. This study was done to evaluate its efficiency for removing ammonia under various conditions of water hardness, pH, and temperature, and different granule sizes. Ammonia removal efficiency was unaffected by variations in temperature, but decreased in hard waters, in waters of low and high pH, and with size of granule. Efficiency was optimum in water of 44 mg/L or less total hardness, near neutral pH, and for granules of 20 x 30 mesh size. Adsorptive capacity ranged from 3.42 to 9.12 mg of ammonia per gram of Clinoptilolite.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Acute Toxicity of Ammonia and Nitrite to Cutthroat Trout FryTransactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1978
- Removal of Toxic Chemicals from Water with Activated CarbonTransactions of the American Fisheries Society, 1976