Redox transformation of arsenic by Fe(II)-activated goethite (α-FeOOH)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Amstaetter, Katja ^a,c   Borch, Thomas ^b   Larese Casanova, Philip ^a   Kappler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXAFS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; MINERAL SUSPENSIONS; OXYHYDROXIDES; RAPID OXIDATION; REDOX STATE; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; SEM; SSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON X RAYS; TEM; THERMODYNAMIC PREDICTIONS; XANES; XRD;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; MINERAL;

ARSENIC; CRYSTALLIZATION; GOETHITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON-REDUCING BACTERIUM; OXIDATION; PH; REDOX CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICITY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PH; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARSENIC; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; THERMODYNAMICS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 75349091703     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901274s     Document Type: Article

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