Reduction of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5- triazine by hydroxyl-complexed Fe(II)

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 937-943

  Alessi, Daniel S ^a,b   Grundl, Tim ^b  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Kinetics; Organic matter; Remedial action; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SYSTEMS; CONTAMINATED SITES; FE COMPLEXES; FERROUS IRONS; FIRST ORDERS; INTRINSIC RATE CONSTANTS; NATURAL PROCESSES; NEUTRAL PH; ORGANIC MATTER; REDUCTANT; REDUCTION KINETICS; REMEDIAL ACTION; YIELDING RATES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; REACTION RATES;

RATE CONSTANTS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOREMEDIATION; EXPLOSIVE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HALF LIFE; IRON; PH; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; TOXICITY;

EID: 56549096893     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:12(937)     Document Type: Article

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