Treatment of hazardous wastewater contaminated by nitrocellulose

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 167, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 830-834

  El Diwani, G ^a   El Ibiari, N N ^a   Hawash, S I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste; Nitrocellulose; Pilot plant; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC POLYMERS; CHEMICAL ADDITION; DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOCCULATING AGENTS; FULL SCALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTEWATERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; OPERATING CONDITION; TREATMENT; TREATMENT PROCESS; TREATMENT UNITS;

DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; FLOCCULATION; FLOTATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; NITROCELLULOSE; PILOT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

CATION; POLYMER; PYROXYLIN;

CELLULOSE; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYMER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOTATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLLODION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PILOT PROJECTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67649249489     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.01.063     Document Type: Article

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