Abstract
Reactions involving iron play a major role in the environmental cycling of a wide range of important organic, inorganic and radioactive contaminants. Consequently, a range of environmental clean-up technologies have been proposed or developed which utilise iron chemistry to remediate contaminated land and surface and subsurface waters, e.g. the use of injected zero zero-valent iron nanoparticles to remediate organic contaminant plumes; the generation of iron oxyhydroxide-based substrates for arsenic removal from contaminated waters; etc. This paper reviews some of the latest iron-based technologies in contaminated land and groundwater remediation, their current state of development, and their potential applications and limitations.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 42-51 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Science of the Total Environment |
| Volume | 400 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 1 2008 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Arsenic
- Contaminated land
- Groundwater
- Iron
- Nanoparticles
- Permeable reactive barriers
- Remediation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Pollution
- Waste Management and Disposal
- Environmental Engineering
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Use of iron-based technologies in contaminated land and groundwater remediation : A review. / Cundy, Andrew B.; Hopkinson, Laurence; Whitby, Raymond L D.
In: Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 400, No. 1-3, 01.08.2008, p. 42-51.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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