Influence of variable chemical conditions on EDTA-enhanced transport of metal ions in mildly acidic groundwater

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-52

  Kent, D B ^a   Davis, J A ^a   Joye, J L ^a   Curtis, G P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Cape Cod sediments; EDTA; Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; Ferrihydrite; Goethite; Groundwater; Lead; Mineral dissolution; Nickel; Reactive transport; Surface complexation model; Transport modeling; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL IONS; PH EFFECTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEDIMENTS;

CAPE COD SEDIMENTS; ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

AQUIFERS;

EDETIC ACID; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; LEAD; METAL ION; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDTA; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESORPTION; DISSOCIATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SOLUBILITY;

ADSORPTION; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; LEAD; MASSACHUSETTS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NICKEL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41949115636     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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