Temperature-dependent formation of metallic copper and metal sulfide nanoparticles during flooding of a contaminated soil

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 316-332

  Hofacker, Anke F ^a   Voegelin, Andreas ^b   Kaegi, Ralf ^b   Weber, Frank Andreas ^c   Kretzschmar, Ruben ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c IWW Rheinisch Westfalisches Institut für Wasser Beratungs und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COLLOID; CONTAMINATED LAND; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; LEAD; MOBILIZATION; REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SULFIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84871649356     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.10.053     Document Type: Article

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