| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Authors |
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1 Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Global Perspective |
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1.2 Drinking-Water Scenario |
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1.3.1 Fluorine: The Chemical Profile |
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1.3.2 Sources of Fluoride |
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5 | (1) |
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1.5 Genesis of Fluoride in Groundwater |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (3) |
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8 | (3) |
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2 Scenario of Fluoride Pollution |
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11 | (16) |
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11 | (1) |
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11 | (10) |
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2.2.1 Asian and African Scenario |
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11 | (9) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (6) |
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22 | (5) |
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27 | (12) |
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27 | (1) |
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3.2 Dental Effects of Fluoride |
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3.2.1 Dental Caries (Tooth Decay) |
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28 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Prevention of Dental Caries by Fluoride |
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29 | (1) |
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3.2.3 Role of Fluoride in Dental Decay |
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3.3 Dental Fluorosis: History and Occurrence |
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30 | (1) |
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3.4 Development of Dental Fluorosis |
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31 | (4) |
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3.4.1 Physical Symptoms of Dental Fluorosis |
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32 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Issues of Dental Fluorosis |
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33 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Prevalence of Dental Fluorosis |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (4) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (12) |
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4.2 Action of Fluoride on Bone |
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4.3 Fluoride Exposure Level and Skeletal Fracture |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (3) |
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4.4.1 Crippling Skeletal Fluorosis |
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43 | (1) |
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4.5 Fluoride Level and Effects Related to Skeletal Fluorosis |
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44 | (1) |
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4.6 Significance of Other Factors |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (4) |
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48 | (3) |
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5 Stress Effects of Fluoride on Humans |
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51 | (8) |
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51 | (1) |
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5.2 Nonskeletal Fluorosis |
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51 | (1) |
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5.4 Fluoride and Gastrointestinal System |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (4) |
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56 | (3) |
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6 Fluoride in the Environment and Its Toxicological Effects |
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59 | (28) |
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59 | (1) |
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6.2 Sources of Environmental Exposure |
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59 | (1) |
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6.3 Environmental Transport, Distribution, and Transformation |
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60 | (1) |
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6.4 Environmental Levels and Human Exposure |
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61 | (10) |
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6.4.1 Fluoride from Dental Products |
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62 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Fluoride from Food and Beverage |
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63 | (5) |
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68 | (1) |
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6.4.4 Fluoride in Tobacco and Pan Masala |
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69 | (1) |
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6.4.5 Fluoride from Occupational Exposure |
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69 | (2) |
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6.5 Effects of Fluoride on Laboratory Animals and In Vitro Systems |
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6.6 Effect of Fluoride on Aquatic Organisms |
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6.7 Effect of Fluoride on Plants |
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6.8 Effect of Fluoride on Animals |
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6.9 Guidelines Values and Standards |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (7) |
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81 | (6) |
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7 Defluoridation Techniques: An Overview |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (3) |
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7.2.3 Calcium and Phosphate Compounds |
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7.3 Co Precipitation of Fluoride |
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90 | (3) |
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7.3.2 Alum and Lime (Nalgonda Technique) |
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91 | (2) |
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7.4.1 Bone and Bone Charcoal |
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93 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Carbonaceous and Other Adsorbents |
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96 | (3) |
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7.4.6 Other Alumina-Based Adsorbents |
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7.5 Electrochemical Methods |
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106 | (3) |
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106 | (3) |
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7.7 Defluoridation Techniques: A Summary |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (8) |
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117 | (6) |
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8 Adsorptive Removal of Fluoride: A Case Study |
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8.2 Materials and Methods |
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8.2.1 Reagents and Adsorbate |
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8.2.2 Synthesis of the Adsorbent |
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8.2.4 Characterization of the Adsorbent |
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8.3.1 Effect of Process Parameters |
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8.3.2 Equilibrium Studies |
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127 | (1) |
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8.4 Theoretical and Mathematical Formulations |
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8.4.1 Adsorption Capacity |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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8.4.2.1 Pseudo-First-Order Model |
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8.4.2.2 Pseudo-Second-Order Model |
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8.4.2.3 Intra Particle Diffusion Model |
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8.4.2.5 Arrhenius Equation |
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8.4.3 Elucidation of Rate-Limiting Step |
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8.4.4 Adsorption Equilibrium and Isotherms |
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133 | (1) |
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8.4.4.1 Langmuir Isotherm |
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8.4.4.2 Freundlich Isotherm |
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8.4.4.3 Dubinin--Radushkevich (D--R) Isotherm |
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136 | (1) |
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8.4.4.4 Selection of Best-Fitting Isotherm |
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137 | (1) |
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8.4.4.5 Natural and Synthetic Systems |
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8.4.4.6 Concentration and Dose Variation Studies |
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8.4.5 Factors Influencing Adsorption |
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8.4.5.4 Effect of pH and Coexisting Ions |
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8.4.6 Behavior of Adsorption Columns |
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8.4.7 Analysis and Modeling of Breakthrough Profile |
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8.4.7.1 Hutchins BDST Model |
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8.4.7.3 Yoon--Nelson Model |
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8.4.7.6 Bohart and Adams Model |
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8.5 Results and Discussions |
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8.5.1 Characterization of the Adsorbent |
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148 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Kinetic Profile of Fluoride Uptake |
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152 | (1) |
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8.5.3.1 Pseudo-First-Order Model |
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153 | (1) |
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8.5.3.2 Pseudo-Second-Order Model |
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8.5.3.3 Intra Particle Surface Diffusion Model |
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8.5.3.5 Arrhenius Equation |
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8.5.4 Elucidation of Rate-Limiting Step |
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156 | (2) |
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8.5.5 Fluoride Removal Mechanism |
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158 | (4) |
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8.5.6.1 Effects of Temperature |
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8.5.7 Performance Evaluation of ALC in Natural and Synthetic Systems |
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8.5.7.1 Effect of pH, Ionic Strength, and Temperature |
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8.5.7.2 Effects of Other Ions |
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8.5.8.1 Effect of Process Parameters on Breakthrough |
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8.5.9 Application of Sorption Models |
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8.5.9.1 Comparison of the Applied Models (Synthetic Water) |
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175 | (1) |
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8.5.9.2 Comparison of the Applied Models (Natural Water) |
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176 | (1) |
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8.5.10 Fluoride Desorption Studies |
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177 | (2) |
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8.6 Summary of the Case Study |
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179 | (5) |
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8.7 Conclusions of the Case Study |
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184 | (5) |
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