Electrochemically induced dual reactive barriers for transformation of TCE and mixture of contaminants in groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 12003-12011

  Mao, Xuhui ^a,b   Yuan, Songhu ^b,c   Fallahpour, Noushin ^b   Ciblak, Ali ^b   Howard, Joniqua ^d   Padilla, Ingrid ^d   Loch Caruso, Rita ^e   Alshawabkeh, Akram N ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED WATER; COPPER CATHODES; COPPER FOAM; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; FLOW SYSTEMS; FOAM ELECTRODES; HIGH CURRENTS; INERT ANODE; IRON ANODES; MIXED METAL OXIDE; POROUS CATHODES; REACTIVE BARRIERS; REDOX CONDITION; REDUCING ENVIRONMENT; REDUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REDUCTIVE TRANSFORMATIONS; REMEDIAL METHOD; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; RESIDENCE TIME; SURFACE AREA; WIDE SPECTRUM;

CATHODES; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; REMOVAL; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CHROMIC ACID; COPPER; DICHROMIC ACID; ELECTROLYTE; GROUND WATER; IRON; METAL OXIDE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PROTON; SELENATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTROLYTE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROUS MEDIUM; SURFACE AREA; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENITES; CHROMATES; COPPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; NITRATES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84868542015     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301711a     Document Type: Article

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