Zinc removal in anaerobic sulphate-reducing liquid substrate process

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 847-852

  Tuppurainen, Kimm O ^a   Vaisanen A O ^a   Rintala, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Bacteria; Biotechnology

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); REDUCTION; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ACID ROCK DRAINAGE;

SULFATE MINERALS;

EID: 0036863980     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00084-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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