Characterization of wastewater from the Brazilian TNT industry

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 385-388

  Barreto Rodrigues, Marcio ^a   Silva, Flávio T ^b   Paiva, Teresa C B ^b  

^a FEDERAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity test; Brazilian TNT industry; Yellow water

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITIES; ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; BRAZILIAN TNT INDUSTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; YELLOW WATER;

POLLUTION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PH; TOXICITY TEST; TRINITROTOLUENE; WASTEWATER;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 61349125496     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.07.152     Document Type: Article

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