Biobased surfactant-like molecules from organic wastes: The effect of waste composition and composting process on surfactant properties and on the ability to solubilize tetrachloroethene (PCE)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2618-2623

  Quadri, Giorgia ^a   Chen, Xiaosong ^b   Jawitz, James W ^b   Tambone, Fulvia ^a   Genevini, Pierluigi ^a   Faoro, Franco ^a   Adani, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AQUEOUS BIOSURFACTANT; WASTE COMPOSITION;

WASTE TREATMENT;

CARBON; HUMIC ACID; IONIC SURFACTANT; LIGNOCELLULOSE; POLYSORBATE 80; SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRITON X 100;

COMPOSTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE TREATMENT;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSTING; DOMESTIC WASTE; HUMIC ACID; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACTANT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FOOD; ORGANIC WASTE; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACE TENSION;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 41649111952     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702144t     Document Type: Article

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