Integrated membrane process for the recovery of chromium salts from tannery effluents

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6825-6830

  Cassano, Alfredo ^a   Della Pietra, Leondina ^a   Drioli, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; EFFLUENTS; NANOFILTRATION; SALTS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CHROMIUM DEPLETION; CHROMIUM SULFATE POWDER;

METAL RECOVERY;

CHROMIUM; EFFLUENTS; METAL RECOVERY; NANOFILTRATION; SALTS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 35549003155     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie070144n     Document Type: Conference Paper

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