Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
6-30-1968
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
First Advisor
John E. McCormick
Second Advisor
Ching-Rong Huang
Third Advisor
Saul I. Kreps
Abstract
The effects of trisodium nitrilotriacetate (SKTA) and sodium tipolyphosphate (STPP) upon the biological degradation of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate (LAS) ware experimentally investigated by the chemical oxygen demand and methylene blue methods. It was found that when STPP was present with LAS, the degradation of the LAS was better than when alone in solution. It was also found that LAS in solution with SN TA was less degradable than LAS alone. The benzene ring of the MS appeared to degrade after most of the linear portion of the chain had already been degraded.
Recommended Citation
McKenna, John D., "The effect of nitrilotriacetic acid upon the biodegradability of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate" (1968). Theses. 2093.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2093
