Arsenic effects and behavior in association with the fe(II)-catalyzed transformation of schwertmannite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2016-2021

  Burton, Edward D ^a   Johnston, Scott G ^a   Watling, Kym ^a   Bush, Richard T ^a   Keene, Annabelle F ^a   Sullivan, Leigh A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ANOXIC TRANSFORMATION; ARSENIC MOBILIZATION; FE K-EDGE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MINERAL PHASE; MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTIAL TRANSFORMATION; REDUCING CONDITIONS; SCHWERTMANNITE; SOLID-PHASE; SULFATE SOILS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACIDS; DESORPTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINING; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; MINERAL; SCHWERTMANNITE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID SULFATE SOIL; ARSENIC; CATALYSIS; DESORPTION; GOETHITE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; SCHWERTMANNITE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CATALYSIS; CYCLING; DESORPTION; MOBILIZATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77949355579     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903424h     Document Type: Article

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