Research / Soil contamination
Contaminated soils & remediation
Understand how soil chemistry controls contaminant retention, mobility, and the potential for extraction and recovery.
Start with the soil chemistry
Contaminated soils contain heterogeneous mixtures of minerals and organic matter. We examine how contaminant speciation and its association with these components influence mobility and the potential for remediation and recovery.
Resolve chemical form and distribution
Investigate how arsenic and other contaminants vary across soil samples and local geochemical conditions.
Connect speciation with extraction
Test how contaminant–solid associations influence chemical mobilization and separation.
Assess recovery and residual solids
Characterize recovered products alongside the soil remaining after treatment.
The scientific approach
Speciation and recovery
Laboratory experiments are combined with synchrotron X-ray characterization to understand the reactions and solids that control recovery.
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