Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants: Volume 2: Non-Biological Approaches

Chapter 1. Enhancing the cleanup of environmental pollutants and the role of abiological approaches: an introduction.- Chapter 2. Electrochemical technologies for environmental remediation.- Chapter 3. Microwave heating-mediated remediation of hydrocarbon-polluted soils: theoretical background and techno-economic considerations.- Chapter 4. Arsenic behaviour in soil-plant system: biogeochemical reactions and chemical speciation influences.- Chapter 5. Pollutants decontamination from water: role of nano-composite materials.- Chapter 6. Textile wastewater treatment options: a critical review.- Chapter 7. Decontamination of hexavalent chromium polluted waters: significance of metallic iron.- Chapter 8. Dual functional styrene-maleic acid copolymer beads: toxic metals adsorbent and hydrogen storage.- Chapter 9. Synthesis and characterization of cation composite exchange material and its application in removing toxic pollutants.- Chapter 10. Remediation of soils polluted with inorganic contaminants: role of organic amendments.- Chapter 11. Enhancing decontamination of PAHs-polluted soils: role of organic and mineral amendments.