Physicochemical technologies for remediation of chromium-containing waters and wastewaters

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1111-1172

  Malaviya, Piyush ^a   Singh, Asha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

chromium; tannery; treatment; wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; CHROMIUM TOXICITY; CR REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HIGH COSTS; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; LATEST TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; SLUDGE GENERATION; TANNERY; TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHROMIUM; ION EXCHANGE; LIQUID MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE FOULING; METAL RECOVERY; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CHROMIUM; SURFACTANT;

CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOULING; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; BIOREMEDIATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODIALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FLOTATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79956161181     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380903392817     Document Type: Article

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