Treatment of wastewater from rubber industry in Malaysia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 38, 2010, Pages 6233-6243

  Mohammadi, Mitra ^a   Man, Hasfalina Che ^a   Hassan, Mohd Ali ^a   Yee, Phang Lai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Effluent; Malaysia; Rubber industry; Waste management

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC TREATMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EFFLUENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; MALAYSIA; OZONATION; POND; POND TECHNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SULPHATE REDUCTION REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77958017807     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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