Sulphates for skin preservation-A novel approach to reduce tannery effluent salinity hazards

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 207-212

  Vankar, Padma S ^a   Dwivedi, Ashish Kr ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo hide; Ecological hazards; Scanning electron micrographs; Sodium sulphate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; BUFFALO HIDE; CURING AGENTS; ECOLOGICAL HAZARDS; FUNGAL GROWTHS; INDUSTRIAL SCALES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; POLLUTION LOADS; RAW HIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SODIUM SULPHATE; SULPHATES; TANNERY EFFLUENTS;

ANIMALS; CURING; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HAZARDS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

SODIUM;

ALGA; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; GOAT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SALINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SKIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SALINITY; SULFATES; TANNING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 58249131766     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.06.090     Document Type: Article

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