Rhizofiltration using sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. vulgaris) to remediate uranium contaminated groundwater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 173, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 589-596

  Lee, Minhee ^a   Yang, Minjune ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bean; Groundwater contamination; Rhizofiltration; Sunflower; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BEAN; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED SOLUTIONS; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT CULTIVARS; REMOVAL CAPACITY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEM AND EDS ANALYSIS; URANIUM CONCENTRATION; VULGARIS; WET PLANTS;

CONTAMINATION; CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; REMOVAL; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER TREATMENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOFILTRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUNFLOWER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FILTRATION; HELIANTHUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHASEOLUS; PLANT ROOTS; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 72049085517     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.08.127     Document Type: Article

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