Electrochemical treatment of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in groundwater impacted by aqueous film forming foams (AFFFs)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 295, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-175

  Schaefer, Charles E ^a   Andaya, Christina ^a   Urtiaga, Ana ^b   McKenzie, Erica R ^c   Higgins, Christopher P ^c  

^a CB and I Federal Services LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochemical; Perfluorinated; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; NOISE ABATEMENT; RATE CONSTANTS;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; PERFLUORINATED; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACIDS; PFOA; PFOS;

GROUNDWATER;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM; CHLORINE; FOAMING AGENT; GROUND WATER; PERCHLORATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FILM; FOAM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LABORATORY METHOD; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEFLUORINATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SPARGING; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CAPRYLATES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928167653     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.024     Document Type: Article

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