Sodium metasilicate based fiber opening for greener leather processing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1731-1739

  Saravanabhavan, Subramani ^a   Thanikaivelan, Palanisamy ^a   Rao, Jonnalagadda Raghava ^a   Nair, Balachandran Unni ^a   Ramasami, Thirumalachari ^a  

^a CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL DEHAIRING; SODIUM METASILICATE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LEATHER;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN; SILICATE; SODIUM METASILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LEATHER; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAIR; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; REGULATORY APPROACH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SILICATE; WASTEWATER; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; FIBER; HARDNESS; LEATHER INDUSTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICATES; TANNING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 40949117120     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071611v     Document Type: Article

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