Reassessing the role of sulfur geochemistry on arsenic speciation in reducing environments

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-652

  Couture, Raoul Marie ^a   Van Cappellen, Philippe ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eh pH diagrams; Equilibrium speciation; Sulfidic environments; Thioarsenic anions; Zero valent sulfur

Indexed keywords

EH-PH DIAGRAMS; EQUILIBRIUM SPECIATION; SULFIDIC ENVIRONMENTS; THIOARSENIC ANIONS; ZERO-VALENT SULFUR;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; ARSENIC; HYDROGEOLOGY; REDOX REACTIONS;

SULFUR;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ELECTRON; GEOCHEMISTRY; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDATION; PH; POREWATER; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PH; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOLID;

ANIONS; ARSENIC; ARSENITES; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SOFTWARE; SULFIDES; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79956048186     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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