Utilization of zero-valent iron for arsenic removal from groundwater and wastewater

Zero-Valent Iron Reactive Materials for Hazardous Waste and Inorganics Removal

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 111-150

  Su, Chunming ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Arsenic; Barriers; Ground water; Iron; Transformations

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CORROSION RATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON; IRON OXIDES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUTIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; BARRIERS; KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER TECHNOLOGIES; PRECIPITATION PROCESS; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTIC LEACHING PROCEDURES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84902284838     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784408810.ch08     Document Type: Chapter

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