Modeling polychlorinated biphenyl mass transfer after amendment of contaminated sediment with activated carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4211-4218

  Werner, David ^a   Ghosh, Upal ^b   Luthy, Richard G ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SYSTEMS; FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATIONS; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICE (SPMD); WATER PARTITIONING COEFFICIENTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; PCB; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM; PREDICTION; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DEVICE; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOUTH CAROLINA; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33746710989     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052215k     Document Type: Article

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