Reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in artificial, contaminated soil using ferrous sulfate heptahydrate and sodium thiosulfate

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-139

  Kostarelos, Konstantinos ^a   Rao, Ennio ^b   Reale, Daniela ^b   Moon, Deok Hyun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b URS Italia SpA   (Italy)

^c Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Heavy metals; Soil pollution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; HEAVY METALS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE; SOILS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL REAGENTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; COST SAVINGS; FERROUS SULFATES; HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS; HEPTAHYDRATE; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUMS; REDUCTANTS; SODIUM THIOSULFATES; SOLID MATRIXES; STABILIZATION/SOLIDIFICATION; TECHNICAL NOTES; TREATED SOILS; TRIVALENT CHROMIUMS; VALENCE STATE;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHROMIUM; IMMOBILIZATION; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

EID: 62749112905     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(2009)13:2(135)     Document Type: Article

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