Excessive levels of heavy metals can be introduced into the environment, for example, by industrial waste or fertilizers. Soil represents a major sink for heavy metals ions, which can then enter the food chain via plants or leaching into groundwater. In Heavy Metal Ions in the Environment, the author looks at where heavy metals ions come from, how they interact with the environment and how they…
Essay about Remediation engineering; Contaminant characteristics and partitioning; Soil vapor extraction; In situ air sparging; In situ bioremediation; Vacuum-enhanced recovery; In situ walls; In situ reactive zones; Hydraulic and pneumatic fracturing; Phytoremediation; Pump and treat systems; and Stabilization and solidification. (Jml)
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