Carbon footprint and toxicity indicators of alternative chromium-free tanning in China

Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 130-137

  Xu, Xiaoying ^a   Baquero, Grau ^b   Puig, Rita ^b   Shi, Jiabo ^a   Sang, Jun ^a   Lin, Wei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LEATHER; LIFE CYCLE; TANNING; TOXICITY;

CHROMIUM-FREE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; PROCESS STEPS; RESEARCH PROCESS; TANNING PROCESS;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84930707221     PISSN: 00029726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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