Model and field studies of the degradation of cross-linked polyacrylamide gels used during the revegetation of slate waste

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 336, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 13-24

  Holliman, Peter J ^a   Clark, Jennifer A ^a   Williamson, Julie C ^a   Jones, Davey L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amidase enzyme; Biodegradation; Ecotoxicology; Land reclamation; Polyacrylamide

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; AMINATION; CROSSLINKING; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GELS; LAND USE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; WASTES; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ACRYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FREEZE-THAW PROCESS; HORTICULTURE;

REVEGETATION;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLIC ACID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GEL; REVEGETATION; SLATE; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; GEL; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVEGETATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HALF-LIFE; MATERIALS TESTING; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

FUNGI;

EID: 10344262031     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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