Interaction of soil, water and TNT during degradation of TNT on contaminated soil using subcritical water

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Kalderis, Dimitrios ^a   Hawthorne, Steven B ^b   Clifford, Anthony A ^c   Gidarakos, Evangelos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Degradation; Explosives; Subcritical water; TNT

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

DECOMPOSITION; EXPLOSIVES; SUBCRITICAL WATER; TNT;

WATER POLLUTION;

TRINITROTOLUENE;

DEGRADATION; LABORATORY METHOD; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL POLLUTION; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; EXTRACTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; METALS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TEMPERATURE; TRINITROTOLUENE; WATER;

EID: 53149112773     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.041     Document Type: Article

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