Chitin and corncobs as electron donor sources for the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2125-2134

  Brennan, Rachel A ^a   Sanford, Robert A ^a   Werth, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitin; Corncobs; Fractional factorial design; PCE; Reductive dechlorination; Tetrachloroethene

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; DECHLORINATION; HYDROCARBONS; PACKED BEDS; REDUCTION;

CORNCOBS; FRACTIONAL FACTORIAL DESIGN; PCE; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; TETRACHLOROETHENE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CHITIN; FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID; GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE; PROPIONIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VALERIC ACID; VINYL CHLORIDE;

CHITIN; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; HYDROCARBONS; PACKED BEDS; REDUCTION;

BIODEGRADATION; CHITIN; DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER; REDUCTION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CORN; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; FERMENTATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULATION;

EID: 33744905840     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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