A combined chemical-biotechnological treatment of coal fly ash (CFA)

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Shabtai, Yossef ^a   Mukmenev, Igor ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

biosorption; coal fly ash; leaching; magnetite; Rhodococcus; titanium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETITE; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SORPTION; SULFURIC ACID; TITANIUM;

BIOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; BIOSORPTION; COAL FLY ASH; RHODOCOCCUS BACTERIA;

FLY ASH;

COAL; HEAVY METAL; MAGNETITE; TITANIUM;

AIR POLLUTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FLY ASH; ISRAEL; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030588556     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(96)01598-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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