The use of alkaline hydrolysis as a novel strategy for chloroform remediation: The feasibility of using construction wastes and evaluation of carbon isotopic fractionation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1869-1877

  Torrentó, Clara ^a   Audí Miró, Carme ^a   Bordeleau, Geneviève ^b   Marchesi, Massimo ^a,c   Rosell, Mònica ^a   Otero, Neus ^a   Soler, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; PH; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROFORM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893597266     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403838t     Document Type: Article

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