Reactive transport modeling of chromium isotope fractionation during Cr(VI) reduction

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 13311-13316

  Jamieson Hanes, Julia H ^a   Amos, Richard T ^a   Blowes, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; CR ISOTOPES; CR REDUCTIONS; FRACTIONATION FACTORS; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MASS-TRANSFER PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELING; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODELS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; SATURATED FLOW CONDITIONS;

EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPES; MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

CALIBRATION; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REACTIVE TRANSPORT MODEL MIN3P; SIMULATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM ISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84871261637     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3046235     Document Type: Article

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