Effects of acid/alkaline pretreatment and gamma-ray irradiation on extracellular polymeric substances from sewage sludge

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 349-353

  Xie, Shuibo ^a   Wu, Yuqi ^a   Wang, Wentao ^a   Wang, Jingsong ^a   Luo, Zhiping ^a   Li, Shiyou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Acid alkaline pretreatment; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Gamma ray irradiation; Sludge disintegration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895077668     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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