Effect of temperature and particle size on the thermal desorption of PCBs from contaminated soil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4697-4704

  Qi, Zhifu ^a   Chen, Tong ^a   Bai, Sihong ^a   Yan, Mi ^a   Lu, Shengyong ^a   Buekens, Alfons ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a   Bulmău, Cora ^b   Li, Xiaodong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Dechlorination; Destruction; Particle size; PCBs; Soil remediation; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; DESORPTION; DISTILLATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PCB; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84895890165     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2392-4     Document Type: Article

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