Reactivity screening of microscale zerovalent irons and iron sulfides towards different CAHs under standardized experimental conditions

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 252-253, Issue , 2013, Pages 204-212

  Velimirovic, Milica ^a,b   Larsson, Per Olof ^c   Simons, Queenie ^a   Bastiaens, Leen ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HÖGANÄS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CAHs remediation; Iron sulfides; Reactivity screening; Zerovalent irons

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; GRANULAR ZEROVALENT IRON; IRON SULFIDE; MICROSCALE ZEROVALENT IRONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

DEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TESTING;

IRON;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON DERIVATIVE; MICROSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON SULFIDE; MAGNITUDE; MASS BALANCE; SORPTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; SCREENING; STANDARDIZATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; IRON; KINETICS;

EID: 84875287808     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.02.047     Document Type: Article

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