Removal of chromium and reduction of toxicity to Microtox system from tannery effluent by the use of calcium alginate beads containing humic acid

Chemosphere

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-333

  Pandey, A K ^a   Pandey, S D ^a   Misra, V ^a   Srimal, A K ^b  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Calcium alginate beads; Detoxification; Humic acid; Microtox assay; Tannery effluent; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; EFFLUENTS; TOXICITY;

HUMIC ACID;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM ALGINATE; CHROMIUM; HUMIC ACID;

ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; HUMIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037399618     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00824-X     Document Type: Article

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