Effects of increasing acidity on metal(loid) bioprecipitation in groundwater: Column studies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7131-7137

  Davis, Alexander C ^a,b   Patterson, Bradley M ^b   Grassi, Michelle E ^c   Robertson, Blair S ^b   Prommer, Henning ^b   Mckinley, Allan J ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Environmental Resources Management Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL AMENDED COLUMN; SPHALERITE DISSOLUTION; SULFATE REDUCTION;

ACIDITY; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; METALS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHALCOCITE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COPPER ION; COVELLITE; GROUND WATER; MALACHITE GREEN; METAL; SELENIUM; SULFATE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; ZINC SULFIDE;

ACIDITY; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; METALS; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REDUCTION; SULFATE;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACIDS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35348918975     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071122v     Document Type: Article

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