Precipitates in anaerobic granules treating sulphate-bearing wastewater

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2627-2632

  Liu, Yan ^a   Fang, Herbert H P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Granule; Inhibition; Precipitate; SEM; Sulphate; Sulphide; TEM; X ray

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOGRANULES; SULPHATE; SULPHIDE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COPPER; IRON; NICKEL; SULFATE; SULFUR;

SULFATE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032171592     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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