A feasibility study on Pd/Mg application in historically contaminated sediments and PCB spiked substrates

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1156-1162

  Agarwal, Shirish ^a   Al Abed, Souhail R ^b   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged sediments; Aroclors; Dechlorination; PCBs; Pd Mg; Sulfide poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; AROCLORS; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; EXTRACTION MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIGH SURFACE AREA; MULTICOMPONENTS; ORGANICS; SURFACE AREA; TRITON X-100;

BIMETALS; CLAY MINERALS; DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; ETHANOL; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ALCOHOL; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFIDE; TRITON X 100;

DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; ETHANOL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MAGNESIUM; PALLADIUM; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; EXTRACTION; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MAGNESIUM; PALLADIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAUKEGAN HARBOR;

EID: 71749092834     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.117     Document Type: Article

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