Determination of hexavalent chromium reduction using cr stable isotopes: Isotopic fractionation factors for permeable reactive barrier materials

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5353-5360

  Basu, Anirban ^a   Johnson, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CR ISOTOPES; CR REDUCTIONS; GREEN RUST; HANFORD SITE; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; REACTIVE BARRIERS; REDOX MANIPULATION; REDUCTANTS; RELEVANT REACTIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES;

AQUIFERS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FRACTIONATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ISOTOPES;

CHROMIUM; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERROUS ION; FERROUS SULFIDE; ISOTOPE;

CHROMIUM; GOETHITE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PERMEABILITY; REDOX POTENTIAL; REMEDIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMANIPULATION; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRACTIONATION; IN SITU REDOX MANIPULATION; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; SEDIMENT; SYNTHESIS;

ADSORPTION; CARBONATES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM ISOTOPES; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MINERALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84861140790     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204086y     Document Type: Article

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