Chromium transport in an acidic waste contaminated subsurface medium: The role of reduction

Chemosphere

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1492-1500

  Qafoku, Nikolla P ^a   Evan Dresel, P ^a   Ilton, Eugene ^a   McKinley, James P ^a   Resch, Charles T ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Contaminant transport; Cr(VI); Hanford sediments; Subsurface contamination; Subsurface science

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CR(VI); HANFORD SEDIMENTS; SUBSURFACE CONTAMINATION; SUBSURFACE SCIENCE;

ACIDS; CHROMATE COATINGS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHROMIUM;

ACID; CHROMIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM;

ACIDITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESORPTION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERAL; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDS; CHROMIUM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 78249236869     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.08.043     Document Type: Article

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