Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) degradation in biologically-active iron columns

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 325-335

  Oh, Byung Taek ^a   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaugmentation; Explosive; Permeable reactive barrier; RDX; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISTILLATION COLUMNS; GELS; IRON; SOILS;

BIOAUGMENTATIONS;

GROUNDWATER;

ACETIC ACID; CARBON 14; CYCLONITE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; IRON; NITRITE;

GROUNDWATER; IRON; PERFORMANCE; PERMEABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETOBACTER; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FLOW KINETICS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MINERALIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PLUME; REVIEW; SAND; SLUDGE; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036875053     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021315723654     Document Type: Review

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