Electrokinetic remediation of chlorinated aromatic and nitroaromatic organic contaminants in clay soil

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 405-413

  Reddy, Krishna R ^a   Darko Kagya, Kenneth ^a   Al Hamdan, Ashraf Z ^b  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^b University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorinated organic contaminant; clay; electrokinetics; nitroaromatic contaminant; reductive process; remediation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CHLORINATED AROMATICS; CHLORINATED ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; CLAY SOIL; CONTAMINANT DEGRADATION; DINITROTOLUENES; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ELECTROKINETIC; ELECTROKINETIC EXPERIMENTS; ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION; ELECTROKINETIC TECHNOLOGY; ELECTROKINETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LOW PERMEABILITY; NITROAROMATIC CONTAMINANT; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; REDUCTIVE PROCESS; SOIL PH;

CLAY; CONTAMINATION; CYCLOHEXANE; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; KAOLIN; PHENOLS; REDUCING AGENTS; REMEDIATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; DINITROTOLUENE; KAOLIN; LINDANE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CLAY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINETIC REMEDIATION; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW; OSMOSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH MEASUREMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 79960144831     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0235     Document Type: Article

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