Degradability of organic chemicals in a landfill environment studied by in situ and laboratory leachate reactors

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 437-445

  Kromann, Annette ^a   Christensen, Thomas H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Degradation of chemicals; Landfill; Leachate; Organic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; BATCH REACTORS; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; LEACHING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; VAPORIZATION;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; ETHYLBENZENE; METHANE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LABORATORY; LANDFILL; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032191450     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9801600506     Document Type: Article

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