Anaerobic biodegradability and toxicity of wastewaters from chlorine and total chlorine-free bleaching of eucalyptus kraft pulps

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2487-2494

  Vidal, G ^a   Soto, M ^b   Field, J ^c   Mendez Pampin R ^a   Lema, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biodegradability; Methanogenic toxicity; Pulp bleaching wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; EFFLUENTS; KRAFT PULP; METHANE; METHANOGENS; TOXICITY;

ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY; ELEMENTAL CHLORINE FREE (ECF) BLEACHING; TOTAL CHLORINE FREE (TCF) BLEACHING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORINE; METHANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; RESIN;

BIODEGRADABILITY; CHLORINE; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; EUCALYPTUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

EID: 0031260203     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00113-9     Document Type: Article

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