Rates of hexavalent chromium reduction in anoxic estuarine sediments: pH effects and the role of acid volatile sulfides

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Graham, Andrew M ^a   Bouwer, Edward J ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BALTIMORE HARBOR; BATCH KINETICS; CONCENTRATION OF; CR REDUCTIONS; DILUTE SUSPENSIONS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST-ORDER; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; MINERAL SURFACES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROTONATED; RATE CONSTANT K; RATE LAWS; SEDIMENT SUSPENSION; SOLID-PHASE; TIME-SCALES;

ACIDS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE REACTIONS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

PH EFFECTS;

CHROMIUM; SULFIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

CHROMIUM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; PH; POLLUTION CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS; TIMESCALE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ESTUARY; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SOLID; SUSPENSION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SULFIDES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALTIMORE HARBOR; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349083240     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9013882     Document Type: Article

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