Cellular biopolymers and molecular structure of a secondary pulp and paper mill sludge verified by spectroscopy and chemical extraction techniques

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2846-2853

  Edalatmanesh, Maryam ^a   Sain, Mohini ^a   Liss, Steven N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

FTIR spectroscopy; Pulp and paper secondary sludge; Sludge analysis; Wood biopolymers

Indexed keywords

ASH CONTENTS; CHEMICAL EXTRACTIONS; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALITY; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; EXTRACELLULAR; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; NON-POLAR SOLVENTS; PULP AND PAPER; PULP AND PAPER MILL; PULP AND PAPER MILL SLUDGE; QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; SECONDARY SLUDGE; SLUDGE ANALYSIS; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TARGET SUBSTANCES; WOOD FIBER;

BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLULOSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERMAKING MACHINERY; PULP MANUFACTURE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WOOD;

PULP;

BIOPOLYMER; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ASH; CELLULOSE; EXTRACTION METHOD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; SOLVENT; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAPER INDUSTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; WOOD;

BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; SEWAGE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

CELLULOSE; EXTRACTION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTRA; PAPER MAKING EQUIPMENT; PAPER MILLS; POLYMERS; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WOOD;

EID: 78751475548     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.068     Document Type: Article

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