Mechanistic investigations of Se(VI) treatment in anoxic groundwater using granular iron and organic carbon: An EXAFS study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 241-242, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-100

  Gibson, Blair D ^a   Blowes, David W ^a   Lindsay, Matthew B J ^a   Ptacek, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoxic groundwater; Micro XANES EXAFS; Micro XRF mapping; Se(VI) reduction

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANOXIC GROUNDWATER; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; EXAFS STUDIES; GRANULAR IRON; MICRO-XANES; MICRO-XRF; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; REACTIVE MATERIALS; REDUCTIVE PRECIPITATION; SIMULATED GROUND WATER;

EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MIXTURES; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SORPTION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

GROUND WATER; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; SELENIUM;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL BONDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; MAPPING; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SELENIUM; SORPTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PERMEABILITY; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; OXYGEN; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WOOD; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84868494807     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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