Modelling of geochemical and isotopic changes in a column experiment for degradation of TCE by zero-valent iron

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 13-26

  Prommer, Henning ^a   Aziz, Lidia H ^b   Bolaño, Nerea ^b   Taubald, Heinrich ^b   Schüth, Christoph ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isotopic fractionation; Reactive barriers; Reactive transport; TCE; ZVI

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; REACTIVE BARRIERS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; ZERO-VALENT IRON (ZVI);

IRON;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; HYDROCARBON; IRON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

DEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; IRON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; REACTIVE BARRIER; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEGRADATION; FLUID FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGENOLYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 40849142037     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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