Biodegradability of Firefighting Foams

Fire Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-181

  Król, Bernard ^a   Prochaska, Krystyna ^b   Chrzanowski, Łukasz ^b  

^a Department of Fire Safety Engineering   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; BOD OxiTop method; Firefighting foams

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BOD OXITOP METHOD; CLASS A; FOAM CONCENTRATES; SYNTHETIC FOAMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84855865042     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-010-0204-7     Document Type: Article

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