Aerobic biodegradation kinetics of four anionic and nonionic surfactants at sub- and supra-critical micelle concentrations (CMCs)

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 115-124

  Zhang, Chunlong ^a   Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a   Constant, W David ^a   Roy, Dipak ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foam; Linear alcohol ethoxylates; Linear alkybenzene sulfonates; Linear alkyl sulphates; Micellization; Surfactant biodegradation

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; METHYLENE BLUE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FOAM; KINETICS; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032889674     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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