Removal of arsenic from groundwater by zerovalent iron and the role of sulfide

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8038-8044

  Kober R ^a   Welter, E ^b   Ebert, M ^a   Dahmke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COPRECIPITATION; GRANULAR ZEROVALENT IRON; REACTIVE BARRIERS; SOLID PHASE;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; EXPANDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIQUID; PRECIPITATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SOLID; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER; IRON; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 26944497562     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0504439     Document Type: Article

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