Soil flushing using colloidal gas aphron suspensions generated from a plant-based surfactant

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-87

  Kommalapati, Raghava R ^a   Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a   Constant, W David ^a   Dipak, Roy ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal gas aphron (CGA); Hexachlorobenzene; Natural surfactant; Ritha; Sapindus mukorossi; Soil flushing

Indexed keywords

NATURAL SURFACTANTS; SOIL FLUSHING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; FRUIT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES;

SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI;

EID: 0032080945     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(97)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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