Editors
Inamuddin
Department of Applied Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Mohd Imran Ahamed
Department of Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Eric Lichtfouse
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS,
IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE
Aix-en-Provence, France
ISSN 2213-7114
ISSN 2213-7122 (electronic)
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
ISBN 978-3-030-54722-6
ISBN 978-3-030-54723-3 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54723-3
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Inamuddin
Department of Applied Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Mohd Imran Ahamed
Department of Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
Eric Lichtfouse
Aix-Marseille University, CNRS,
IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE
Aix-en-Provence, France
ISSN 2213-7114
ISSN 2213-7122 (electronic)
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
ISBN 978-3-030-54722-6
ISBN 978-3-030-54723-3 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54723-3
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland
AG 2021
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similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed.
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publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt
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