Removal of Copper and Zinc from Ground Water by Granular Zero-Valent Iron: A Mechanistic Study

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2427-2435

  Statham, Tom M ^a   Mumford, Kathryn A ^a   Stark, Scott C ^b   Gore, Damian B ^c   Stevens, Geoffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

contamination; ground water remediation; heavy metals; PhreePlot; PRB

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COPPER; CORROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; IMPURITIES; IRON; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

AEROBIC ENVIRONMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; PHREEPLOT; PRB; SUBSTITUTED PRODUCTS; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84944063797     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2015.1058822     Document Type: Article

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