Use of surfactants and blends to remove DDT from contaminated soils

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-244

  Rios, L E ^a   David, M ^a   Vazquez Arenas, J ^a   Anderson, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic contaminants; Leaching; Soil remediation; Soil washing; Surfactant analysis

Indexed keywords

COLUMN LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; HYDROPHOBIC CONTAMINANTS; NONIONIC; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SODIUM DODECYL BENZENE SULPHONATE; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL WASHING; SOLUBILISATION; SURFACTANT ANALYSIS; SURFACTANT MIXTURE; SURFACTANT SOLUTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; BIOPHYSICS; LEACHING; SODIUM; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84871718281     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21620     Document Type: Article

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