Screening and thermal desorption for remediation of a sediment polluted by the mercury of a chlor-alkaly plant

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-404

  Manni, Andrea ^a   Massacci, Paolo ^a   Piga, Luigi ^a   Serranti, Silvia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contaminated sites; Mercury; Physical methods; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); MERCURY (METAL); SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

RESIDENCE TIME; THERMAL DESORPTION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 3242697198     PISSN: 10588337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10588330490466003     Document Type: Article

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