Field-scale leaching of arsenic, chromium and copper from weathered treated wood

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1479-1486

  Hasan, A Rasem ^a   Hu, Ligang ^b   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^a   Fieber, Lynne ^c   Cai, Yong ^b   Townsend, Timothy G ^d  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

ACQ; Arsenic; CCA; Chromium; Copper; Treated wood; Weathered wood

Indexed keywords

ACQ; ALKALINE COPPER QUAT; CCA TREATED WOOD; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; FIELD CONDITIONS; FIELD SCALE; LEACHATES; RETENTION LEVELS; SURFACE AREA; TREATED WOOD; WOOD MATRIX; WOOD PRESERVATIVES; WOOD SAMPLES; WOOD TYPES;

ARSENIC; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; LEACHING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; WOOD PRESERVATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COPPER;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER OXIDE; RAIN;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEACHING; WEATHERED MEDIUM; WOOD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; LEACHING; METAL METABOLISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHERING; WOOD;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; KINETICS; RAIN; WOOD;

ARSENIC; CHROMATES; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEACHING; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; RAIN; RETENTION; WOOD; WOOD PRESERVATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 77949912766     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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