Availability and leaching of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Controlling processes and comparison of testing methods

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-142

  Roskam, Gerlinde D ^a   Comans, Rob N J ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ASPHALT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FIRE HAZARDS; HYDROCARBONS; LEACHING; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RESINS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SOILS; TESTING;

AROMATIC RINGS; BATCH TESTS; COLUMN TESTS; COMPARISON OF TESTING METHODS; CONTAMINATED MATERIALS; CONTROLLING PROCESSES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; LEACHING TESTS; SEQUENTIAL BATCHES; SOLID MATERIALS; TOTAL AMOUNTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ASPHALT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TAR;

ASPHALT; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEACHING; MIXING; PAH;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 55549132616     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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