Remediation of elemental mercury using in situ thermal desorption (ISTD)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2384-2389

  Kunkel, Anna M ^a   Seibert, Jeremy J ^a   Elliott, Lucas J ^a   Kelley, Ricci ^a   Katz, Lynn E ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; HEATING; IN SITU PROCESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GAS PHASE; IN SITU THERMAL DESORPTION (ISTD); NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; VACUUM WELLS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

FLUOROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; PERFLUORODECALIN;

EXTRACTION; HEATING; IN SITU PROCESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (METAL); SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

DESORPTION; HEATING; MASS TRANSFER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMEDIATION; SOIL DYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; FLOW RATE; HEATING; IN SITU THERMAL DESORPTION; SAND; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNOLOGY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

FLUOROCARBONS; MERCURY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645777846     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0503581     Document Type: Article

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