Cleaning up pesticide contaminated soils: Comparing effectiveness of supercritical fluid extraction with solvent extraction and low temperature thermal desorption

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 447-456

  Sahle Demessie, E ^a   Richardson, T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pesticide contamination; Soil remediation; Supercritical fluid extraction

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PESTICIDES; REMEDIATION; RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DESORPTION;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE REMOVAL; PESTICIDE CONTAMINATIONS; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOLVENT REGENERATIONS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION (SFE);

SOIL POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CAMPHECLOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; METHANOL; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

CLEANUP; PESTICIDE; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LOW TEMPERATURE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

EID: 0034128087     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332108618106     Document Type: Article

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