Polychlorinated biphenyl sorption to activated carbon and the attenuation caused by sediment

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-326

  Hale, S E ^a   Kwon, S ^b   Ghosh, U ^b   Werner, D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fouling; Activated carbon water partitioning coefficient; Passive sampling; PCB; Polyoxymethylene; Sediment remediation; Sorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751511902     PISSN: 11084006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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