Use of iron-based technologies in contaminated land and groundwater remediation: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 400, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Cundy, Andrew B ^a   Hopkinson, Laurence ^a   Whitby, Raymond L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contaminated land; Groundwater; Iron; Nanoparticles; Permeable reactive barriers; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMPURITIES; IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARSENIC REMOVALS; CONTAMINATED LAND; CONTAMINATED LANDS; CONTAMINATED WATERS; CURRENT STATES; ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CYCLING; GROUNDWATER REMEDIATIONS; IRON OXYHYDROXIDE; ORGANIC; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; VALENT IRONS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; IRON; NANOPARTICLE;

CONTAMINATED LAND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; PLUME; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 54249161346     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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