Cyanide speciation in soil and groundwater at manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 752-767

  Ghosh, Rajat S ^a   Nakles, David V ^a   Murarka, Ishwar P ^b   Neuhauser, Edward F ^c  

^a RETEC Group Inc   (United States)

^b Ish Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolution; Ferricyanide; Ferrocyanide; FFC; Free cyanide; pE; pH; Speciation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

GROUNDWATER SAMPLES; MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS (MGP); OXIDE BOX RESIDUALS; SPECIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COBALT; COPPER; CYANIDE; FERRIC FERROCYANIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 8644223257     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2004.21.752     Document Type: Article

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