Potential benefit of surfactants in a hydrocarbon contaminated soil washing process: Fluorescence spectroscopy based assessment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 219-220, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-147

  Uhmann, Amandine ^a   Aspray, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a Environmental Reclamation Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Hydrocarbon contamination; Soil washing; Surfactant; Tween80

Indexed keywords

CLAY FRACTIONS; CLEANING PROCESS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; COST EFFECTIVE; EX SITU; FINE SILT; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SAND FRACTION; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL WASHING; TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS; TPH REMOVALS; TREATMENT PROCESS; TWEEN 80; UV-FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER WASH;

EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVEL; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY; REMOVAL; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

WASHING;

HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM; POLYSORBATE 80; SURFACTANT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CLAY; CLEANING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

HYDROCARBONS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84860768860     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.03.071     Document Type: Article

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