Disinfection of wastewater from a Riyadh Wastewater Treatment Plant with ionizing radiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 527-532

  Basfar, A A ^a   Abdel Rehim, F ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; GAMMA RAYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON (TOC);

WASTEWATER;

COBALT 60; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0036849148     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(02)00346-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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