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charcoals for
land remediation
Dr. Jeremy R. Wingate
Metal sorption
Organic sorption
Source Material
Metal Type
Can be expensive
Manufacture
Soaked in specific vitamin and mineral solution
Impregnated with diesel
Seeded with natural bacterial communities
Incubated to encourage diesel degraders
Experimental Design
Coarse sand spiked with 10000 ppm diesel (1%)
Charcoal bioreactors added at 5% v/v
Contact Details
Jeremy Wingate jeremy.wingate@forestry.gsi.gov.uk