Recovery of nitrotoluenes from wastewater by solvent extraction enhanced with salting-out effect

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Chen, Wen Shing ^a   Chiang, Wen Chih ^a   Wei, Kuo Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dinitrotoluene; Salting out effect; Toluene extraction; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

DINITROTOLUENE; SALTING-OUT EFFECT; TOLUENE EXTRACTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOLUENE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,4,5 TRINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENCE; INORGANIC SALT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOLUENE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACIDITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INORGANIC SALT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RECOVERY; TOLUENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACIDITY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATION; PERFORMANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SALTING OUT EFFECT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TOTAL ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SALTS; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 34447619136     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.12.066     Document Type: Article

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