Electrochemical depassivation of zero-valent iron for trichloroethene reduction

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 239-240, Issue , 2012, Pages 239-240

  Chen, Liang ^a   Jin, Song ^b,c   Fallgren, Paul H ^d   Swoboda Colberg, Norbert G ^b   Liu, Fei ^a   Colberg, Patricia J S ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Advanced Environmental Technologies LLC   (United States)

^d The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Depassivation; Electrochemical remediation; Permeable reactive barrier; Trichloroethene; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869195843     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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