Sorption of benzene and trichloroethylene (TCE) on a desert soil: Effects of moisture and organic matter

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 961-980

  Steinberg, Spencer M ^a   Schmeltzer, John S ^a,b   Kreamer, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b BECHTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR;

BENZENE; SORPTION;

BENZENE; DESERT SOIL; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT MIGRATION; SORPTION; TRICHLORETHYLENE; VOC;

EID: 0030222819     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00229-9     Document Type: Article

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