Metal speciation in landfill leachates with a focus on the influence of organic matter

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 2036-2045

  Claret, Francis ^a   Tournassat, Christophe ^a   Crouzet, Catherine ^a   Gaucher, Eric C ^a   Schäfer, Thorsten ^b,c   Braibant, Gilles ^a   Guyonnet, Dominique ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Humic and fulvic acids; Landfill; Leachates; NEXAFS; PhreeqC; Speciation; Sulphur mineral phases

Indexed keywords

HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS; LEACHATES; NEXAFS; PHREEQC; SPECIATION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HEAVY METALS; LEACHATE TREATMENT; LEACHING; METALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

CADMIUM; COPPER; FULVIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELEMENT MOBILITY; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; METAL; ORGANIC MATTER; REACTION KINETICS; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOLUTION; FRANCE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; KINETICS; LANDFILL LEACHATE; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROSCOPY;

METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

FRANCE;

EID: 79960951710     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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