Removal of zinc from rubber thread manufacturing industry wastewater using chemical precipitant/flocculant

Environmental Progress

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-304

  Subbiah, R M ^a   Sastry, C A ^b   Agamuthu, P ^b  

^a Green and Smart Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FLOCCULATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUBBER THREAD; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC;

SODIUM SULFIDE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034431346     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.670190418     Document Type: Article

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