Flocculation of algae using chitosan

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 419-422

  Divakaran, Ravi ^a   Pillai, V N Sivasankara ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Alga; Chitosan; Chlorella; Coagulation; Flocculation; Natural turbidity; Oscillatoria; Spirulina; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; POLYMER;

ALGAE; OSCILLATORIA; SPIRULINA; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0036825667     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022137023257     Document Type: Article

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