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Title: Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation

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 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [6]
  1. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellow, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2777 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22202, United States
  2. OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
  3. Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
  4. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Connected Water Initiative, University of New South Wales, Manly Vale, New South Wales 2093, Australia
  5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Western University, 1151 Richmond St., London, Ontario Canada
  6. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States
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Environmental Science and Technology
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Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Volume: 51 Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X
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American Chemical Society
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United States
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English

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Fan, Dimin, Lan, Ying, Tratnyek, Paul G., Johnson, Richard L., Filip, Jan, O’Carroll, Denis M., Nunez Garcia, Ariel, and Agrawal, Abinash. Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b04177.
Fan, Dimin, Lan, Ying, Tratnyek, Paul G., Johnson, Richard L., Filip, Jan, O’Carroll, Denis M., Nunez Garcia, Ariel, & Agrawal, Abinash. Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04177
Fan, Dimin, Lan, Ying, Tratnyek, Paul G., Johnson, Richard L., Filip, Jan, O’Carroll, Denis M., Nunez Garcia, Ariel, and Agrawal, Abinash. Wed . "Sulfidation of Iron-Based Materials: A Review of Processes and Implications for Water Treatment and Remediation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04177.
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