Treating contaminated sediment with a two-stage base-catalyzed decomposition (BCD) process: Bench-scale evaluation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-306

  Chen, Abraham S C ^a   Gavaskar, Arun R ^a   Alleman, Bruce C ^a   Massa, Audrey ^b   Timberlake, Dennis ^c   Drescher, Eric H ^a  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base catalyzed decomposition (BCD) process; Contaminated marine sediments; PCBs; PCDDs PCDFs

Indexed keywords

BASE CATALYZED DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; CONTAMINATED MARINE SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO FURANS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ADDITION REACTIONS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ESTUARY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT;

CONTAMINATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TREATMENT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION;

USA, NEW JERSEY, JERSEY HARBOUR; USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK HARBOUR;

EID: 0031253570     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(97)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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