Remediating munitions-contaminated soil with zerovalent iron and cationic surfactants

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1305-1313

  Park, J ^a   Comfort, S D ^a   Shea, P J ^a   Machacek, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EXPLOSIVES; REMEDIATION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; MOLAR CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL SLURRIES;

SOILS;

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; CETRIMIDE; CYCLONITE; DIDECYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DIDODECYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; EXPLOSIVE; IRON; OCTAHYDRO 1,3,5,7 TETRANITRO 1,3,5,7 TETRAZOCINE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SURFACTANT; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG MIXTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSION; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3242742114     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.1305     Document Type: Article

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