Removing arsenic from synthetic groundwater with iron electrocoagulation: An Fe and As K-edge EXAFS study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 986-994

  Van Genuchten, Case M ^a   Addy, Susan E A ^a   Peña, Jasquelin ^b   Gadgil, Ashok J ^a,b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC REMOVAL; ARSENIC SORPTION; BANGLADESH; COLLOIDAL STABILITY; COORDINATION GEOMETRY; EDGE SHARING; EDGE-SHARING OCTAHEDRA; ELECTROCOAGULATION; EXAFS; EXAFS STUDIES; FE K-EDGE EXAFS; IN-SITU; IRON ELECTRODES; LOCAL COORDINATION; LONG-TERM DISPOSAL; NANO-SCALE CLUSTERS; REMOBILIZATION; SURFACE COMPLEX; SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; ELECTRODES; GROUNDWATER; IRON; IRON OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICATES; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; IRON;

ARSENIC; COAGULATION; COLLOID; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; IRON; OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REMOBILIZATION; SILICATE; SLUDGE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTROCOAGULATION; GEOMETRY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER PURIFICATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84855955511     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201913a     Document Type: Article

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