In situ long-term reductive bioimmobilization of Cr(VI) in groundwater using hydrogen release compound

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8478-8485

  Faybishenko, Boris ^a   Hazen, Terry C ^a   Long, Philip E ^b   Brodie, Eoin L ^a   Conrad, Mark E ^a   Hubbard, Susan S ^a   Christensen, John N ^a   Joyner, Dominique ^a   Borglin, Sharon E ^a   Chakraborty, Romy ^a   Williams, Kenneth H ^a   Peterson, John E ^a   Chen, Jinsong ^a   Brown, Shaun T ^a   Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^a   Firestone, Mary ^a   Newcomer, Darrell R ^b   Resch, Charles T ^b   Cantrell, Kirk J ^b   Willett, Anna ^c,d   Koenigsberg, Stephen ^c,e   more..

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Regenesis   (United States)

^d Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC)   (United States)

^e ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; GLYCEROL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEOLOGY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); IRON COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SEDIMENTATION; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VEGETATION; WELLS;

BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED SITES; DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER USING; HANFORD SITES; HYDROGEN RELEASE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; IN-SITU; INJECTION WELLS; MONITORING WELLS; NUCLEAR PRODUCTIONS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SLOW RELEASES; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; WASHINGTON; WATER SAMPLES;

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN; IRON; NITRITE; OXYGEN; SULFATE;

BIOMASS; CHROMIUM; ESTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEN; IMMOBILIZATION; NITRATE; OXYGEN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BIO-IMMOBILIZATION; CONTAMINATED SITES; DETECTION LIMITS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HANFORD SITE; HYDROGEN RELEASE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; IN-SITU; INJECTION WELLS; NUCLEAR PRODUCTION; REDOX CONDITION; SLOW RELEASE; TERMINAL ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; WASHINGTON; WATER SAMPLES;

EID: 56449088366     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801383r     Document Type: Article

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