Field Application of a Rapid Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Persulfate in Soil. e65106

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 6
• Main Authors: Cunningham, Colin J, Pitschi, Vanessa, Anderson, Peter, Barry, D A, Patterson, Colin, Peshkur, Tanya A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2013

Remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils can be performed both in situ and ex situ using chemical oxidants such as sodium persulfate. Standard methods for quantifying persulfate require either centrifugation or prolonged settling times. An optimized soil extraction procedure was developed for p...