Production of Abundant Hydroxyl Radicals from Oxygenation of Subsurface Sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 214-221

  Tong, Man ^a   Yuan, Songhu ^a   Ma, Sicong ^a   Jin, Menggui ^a   Liu, Deng ^a   Cheng, Dong ^a   Liu, Xixiang ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGENATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER INJECTION;

BIOLOGICAL REDUCTIONS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; REDOX-ACTIVE SUBSTANCES; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENTS; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

OXIC SEDIMENTS;

ARSENIC; CARBON DIOXIDE; DITHIONITE; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MONTMORILLONITE; ORGANIC CARBON; TETRACYCLINE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION AT STEADY-STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGENATION; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84953376187     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04323     Document Type: Article

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