Sustainable approach for the immobilization of metals in the saturated zone: In situ bioprecipitation

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 110-115

  Vanbroekhoven, Karolien ^a   Van Roy, Sandra ^a   Diels, Ludo ^a   Gemoets, Johan ^a   Verkaeren, Paul ^b   Zeuwts, Ludo ^c   Feyaerts, Karel ^d   van den Broeck, Francis ^d  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b MWH   (Belgium)

^c Smet GWT   (Belgium)

^d UMICORE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Groundwater; In situ bioprecipitation; Metals; Sulphate reduction

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GLYCEROL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; METALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REMEDIATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; ZINC;

BIO-PRECIPITATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL REAGENTS; COST-EFFICIENT; ELECTRON DONORS; FEASIBILITY TESTING; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; IN SITU BIOPRECIPITATION; IN-SITU; INDUSTRIAL SITES; LABORATORY TESTING; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIAL LIFE; MICROCOSM TESTS; PURE CHEMICALS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; SATURATED ZONE; SULPHATE; SULPHATE REDUCTION; SULPHIDE PRECIPITATION; SULPHIDOGENESIS; TOXIC EFFECTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 53449097370     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.05.048     Document Type: Article

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