Benzene and toluene biodegradation down gradient of a zero-valent iron permeable reactive barrier

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 188, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 110-115

  Chen, Liang ^a   Liu, Fei ^a   Liu, YuLong ^b   Dong, HongZhong ^a   Colberg, Patricia J S ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

BTEX; Cis 1,2 DCE; Iron reducing conditions; PH

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PH; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BENZENE AND TOLUENE; BTEX; CIS-1,2-DCE; DEGRADING BACTERIA; DICHLOROETHENES; IRON REDUCING CONDITIONS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PH CONTROL; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ALKALINITY; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MICROBIOLOGY; PH EFFECTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

TOLUENE;

1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; BENZENE; GROUND WATER; IRON; NITRATE; OXYGEN; SULFATE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; DECHLORINATION; IRON; PERMEABILITY; PH; REACTIVE BARRIER; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DECHLORINATION; OXIDATION; PH MEASUREMENT;

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 79952488183     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.076     Document Type: Article

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