The use of microemulsions to remove chromium from industrial sludge

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1464-1470

  Castro Dantas, T N ^a   Oliveira, K R ^a   Dantas Neto, A A ^a   Moura, M C P A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromium; Digestion process; Leather sediments; Microemulsion; Scheff Net

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; EXTRACTION; LEATHER; MESH GENERATION; MICROEMULSIONS; PARTICLE SIZE;

CHROMIUM REMOVAL; DIGESTION PROCESS; DIGESTION TIME; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; LEATHER TANNERIES; MICROEMULSION SYSTEMS; SOLID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL TREATMENT;

SLUDGE DIGESTION;

CHROMIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 61549132314     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.12.047     Document Type: Article

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