Biological Treatment Processes for Urea and Formaldehyde Containing Wastewater

José Luis Campos Gómez, Anuska Mosquera Corral, Ramón Méndez Pampín, Yung Tse Hung

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    Abstract

    © 2009 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Approximately one million metric tons of urea-formaldehyde resin are produced annually all over the world. More than 70% of this urea-formaldehyde resin is consumed by the forest products industry. The resin is used in the production of an adhesive for bonding particleboard (61% of the urea-formaldehyde used in the industry), medium-density berboard (27%), hardwood plywood (5%), and as a laminating adhesive (7%) for bonding furniture case goods, overlays to panels, and interior ush doors, for example.

    Original languageAmerican English
    Title of host publicationAdvances in Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2008

    Disciplines

    • Civil and Environmental Engineering

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