Effect of oxalic acid treatment on sediment arsenic concentrations and lability under reducing conditions

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 311, Issue , 2016, Pages 125-133

  Sun, Jing ^a,b   Bostick, Benjamin C ^b   Mailloux, Brian J ^c   Ross, James M ^b   Chillrud, Steven N ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic contamination; Iron mineralogy; Microbial reduction; Oxalic acid; Pump and treat

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; EFFICIENCY; GROUNDWATER; MINERALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; PUMP AND TREAT; REDUCING CONDITIONS;

OXALIC ACID;

ARSENIC; FERRIC ION; GROUND WATER; OXALIC ACID; IRON DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXTRACTION METHOD; IMMOBILIZATION; LANDFILL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; OXALIC ACID; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; VINEYARD;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; LABORATORY; LANDFILL; MICROCOSM; MINERALOGY; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW JERSEY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; IRON COMPOUNDS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW JERSEY; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84960104414     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.02.060     Document Type: Article

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