The efficacy of an oxidation pond in mineralizing some industrial waste products with special reference to fluorene degradation: A case study

Waste Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 535-540

  Ahmed, Mohamed Tawfic ^a   Dewedar, Ahmed ^b   Mekki, L ^b   Diab, Amer ^b  

^a University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacterial isolates; Degradation; Fluorene; GC MS; HPLC; Industrial waste; Oxidation pond; PAH

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

OXIDATION; STILLING BASIN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

OXIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; EFFLUENT; EGYPT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EGYPT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032712676     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(99)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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