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Document ID (ISN)67287
CIS number 96-1431
ISBN(s) 0-471-58927-6
Year 1996
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Reife A., Freeman H.S.
Title Environmental chemistry of dyes and pigments
Bibliographic information John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Baffins lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1UD, United Kingdom, 1996. xvi, 329p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Index. Price: GBP 75.00.
Abstract This manual addresses the environmental problems posed by synthetic colorants. Contents: principles and applications of wastewater treatment methods (carbon adsorption of dyes, sodium borohydride dye reduction, ozonation, electrochemical technology, chemical pretreatment and aerobic-anaerobic degradation of textile wastewater, the combined activated carbon-activated sludge system); waste minimization and source reduction (reduction of textile wastewater, membrane filtration techniques, chemical removal of phosphate ions from disperse dye filtrates); mass spectrometry in the analysis of dyes in wastewater; U.S. and international regulatory issues.
Descriptors (primary) dyes; pigments; sewage treatment; pollution control; environmental pollution; liquid effluents
Descriptors (secondary) mass spectrometry; USA; sludge; manuals; chemical analysis; textile industry; dyestuff industry; international agreements; legislation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Environmental pollution
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Pollution control
Environmental pollution