Impact of iron concentration and ph on zero-valent iron dechlorination of DDT for brownfields

Remediation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 97-109

  Ghazali, Mirnader ^a   McBean, Edward ^a   Shen, Hua ^a   Dastous, Paul André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Ecosfera Inc   (Canada)

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EID: 85040400849     PISSN: 10515658     EISSN: 15206831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rem.20253     Document Type: Article

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