Quantification of activated carbon contents in soils and sediments using chemothermal and wet oxidation methods

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3465-3470

  Brändli, Rahel C ^a   Bergsli, Anders ^a   Ghosh, Upal ^b   Hartnik, Thomas ^c   Breedveld, Gijs D ^a,d   Cornelissen, Gerard ^a,e  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Black carbon; Quantification; Sediment; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACID SOLUTIONS; BLACK CARBON; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; WET OXIDATION;

CARBON BLACK; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDATION; POTASSIUM; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFURIC ACID;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; OXIDATION; PRODUCT RECOVERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL;

EID: 74249102003     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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