Chelating agents for land decontamination technologies

This volume examines the application of chelating agents for the treatment of soil contaminated with metals with a focus on soil washing, soil flushing, phytoremediation, and electrokinetic remediation.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Environmental Council (Environmental and Water Resources Institute). Hazardous Waste Committee
Other Authors Tsang, Daniel C. W., Lo, Irene Man-Chi, Surampalli, Rao Y.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2012.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780784476833
0784476837
9780784412183
0784412189
Physical Description1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Design, implementation, and economic/societal considerations of chelant-enhanced soil washing / Daniel C.W. Tsang, Irene M.C. Lo, and Rao Y. Surampalli
  • Remediation of metal-contaminated sediments by means of chelant-assisted washing / Alessandra Polettini and Raffaella Pomi
  • Operational conditions of chelant-enhanced soil washing for remediation of metal-contaminated soil / Weihua Zhang and Rongliang Qiu
  • Electrochemical treatment and recovery of chelating agents / Domen Lestan
  • Extraction of metals from spent catalyst using fresh and recovered chelating agents / Shina Goel and Atok Gautam
  • Enhanced soil flushing and washing of contaminated soil and sediments / Catherine N. Mulligan
  • Heavy metal leaching from contaminated soils during the percolation of EDTA : observations and modeling / Monika A.M. Kedziorek, Fabrice Compère, Alain Dupuy, and Alain C.M. Bourg
  • Roles of metal-(hydr)oxides in chelant-enhanced (phyto)extraction / Michael Komárek
  • Use of chelating agents in electrochemical remediation of contaminated soil / Albert T. Yeung and Ying-Ying Gu.