Mass-transfer limitations for nitrate removal in a uranium-contaminated aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8453-8459

  Luo, Jian ^a   Cirpka, Olaf A ^b   Wu, Weimin ^a   Fienen, Michael N ^a   Jardine, Philip M ^c   Mehlhorn, Tonia L ^c   Watson, David B ^c   Criddle, Craig S ^a   Kitanidis, Peter K ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATES; POROSITY; REDUCTION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

MATRIX DIFFUSION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; PORE VOLUME;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BROMIDE; NITRATE; URANIUM;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATE; REMEDIATION; URANIUM;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DENITRIFICATION; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; REDUCTION; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BROMIDES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 27644459211     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050195g     Document Type: Article

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