Determination of maturity in the vermicompost produced from palm oil mill effluent using spectroscopy, structural characterization and thermogravimetric analysis

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 515-519

  Lim, Su Lin ^a   Wu, Ta Yeong ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

BET surface area; Eudrilus eugeniae; FT IR; Organic fertilizer; UV vis; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SHALE; PALM OIL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

BET SURFACE AREA; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; UV-VIS; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPOST; EARTHWORM; EFFLUENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FERTILIZER; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EUDRILUS EUGENIAE;

EID: 84942751347     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.09.050     Document Type: Article

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