The mineralogic transformation of ferrihydrite induced by heterogeneous reaction with bioreduced anthraquinone disulfonate (AQDS) and the role of phosphate

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6330-6349

  Zachara, John M ^a   Kukkadapu, Ravi K ^a   Peretyazhko, Tanya ^a   Bowden, Mark ^a   Wang, Chongmin ^a   Kennedy, Dave W ^a   Moore, Dean ^a   Arey, Bruce ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BICARBONATE; CATALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; FERRIHYDRITE; GOETHITE; LEPIDOCROCITE; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PH; PHOSPHATE; REACTION KINETICS; RECRYSTALLIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 80053175715     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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