Contributions of Abiotic and Biotic Dechlorination Following Carboxymethyl Cellulose Stabilized Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron Injection

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 8648-8656

  Kocur, Chris M D ^a,d   Lomheim, Line ^b   Boparai, Hardiljeet K ^a   Chowdhury, Ahmed I A ^a   Weber, Kela P ^c   Austrins, Leanne M ^d   Edwards, Elizabeth A ^b   Sleep, Brent E ^b   O'Carroll, Denis M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DECHLORINATION; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ABIOTIC DEGRADATION; BIOTIC DEGRADATION; CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; CHLORINATED VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (CVOC); DEHALOCOCCOIDES SPP; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; IRON NANOPARTICLE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOTIC FACTOR; CELLULOSE; DECHLORINATION; IRON; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFLEXI; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GENETICS; HALOGENATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; ONTARIO; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES;

DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CHLOROFLEXI; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HALOGENATION; IRON; ONTARIO; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84937459540     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00719     Document Type: Article

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