A Laboratory Column Investigation for the Treatment of Cr(VI) with Zero-Valent Iron

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-396

  Uyuşur, Burcu ^a,b   ünlü, Kahraman ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

chromium (VI); groundwater; permeable reactive barrier; zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995286908     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0089     Document Type: Article

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