Removal of petroleum tar from bird feathers utilizing magnetic particles

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-113

  Dao, Hien V ^a   Maher, Lauren A ^a   Ngeh, Lawrence N ^a   Bigger, Stephen W ^a   Orbell, John D ^a   Healy, Margaret ^b   Jessop, Rosalind ^b   Dann, Peter ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Phillip Island Nature Parks   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feathers; Iron powder; Magnetic; Oil removal; Temperature dependency; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS;

APPROXIMATE EQUILIBRIUMS; BIRDS' FEATHERS; DISTRIBUTION OF CONTAMINANTS; EFFECTIVE REMOVALS; EQUILIBRIA CONSTANTS; FEATHER; MAGNETIC; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; OIL REMOVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES;

TEMPERATURE;

AVES;

EID: 33744823040     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-006-0048-z     Document Type: Article

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