Impact of gamma radiation on the degradability of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in egyptian sewage sludge

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-55

  Abo El Seoud, M ^a   El Motaium, R A ^a   Batarseh, Mufeed I ^b,c   Kreuzig, Robert ^c  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Gamma irradiation; PAH; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

PAH;

EID: 1242344204     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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