Corrosion product and precipitate distribution in two-component Fe(0) permeable reactive barriers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 239, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-32

  Ruhl, Aki Sebastian ^a   Franz, Gerhard ^a   Gernert, Ulrich ^a   Jekel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corrosion products; Passivation; Permeable reactive barrier; Precipitate; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CORROSION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; MAGNETITE; MIXING; PASSIVATION; PRECIPITATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CORROSION PRODUCTS; GRANULAR FERRIC HYDROXIDE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; PRECIPITATE DISTRIBUTIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

GRANULATION;

EID: 84888311927     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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