In situ chemical reduction (ISCR) technologies: Significance of low Eh reactions

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-62

  Dolfing, Jan ^a   Van Eekert, Miriam ^b   Seech, Alan ^c   Vogan, John ^d   Mueller, Jim ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Adventus Remediation Technologies   (Canada)

^d EnviroMetal Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^e Adventus Americas Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Chlorinated organics; EHC; Groundwater; In situ chemical reduction; Permeable reactive barrier; Redox potential; Reductive dechlorination; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049058838     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320380701741412     Document Type: Article

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