Protein removal and recovery from leather tanning industry wastewaters

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-173

  Tunay O ^a   Koca, T ^a   Kabdasli I ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acidification; Leather tanning industry wastewater; Metal salt addition; Organic nitrogen removal; Protein removal

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244424413     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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