Due to the great harm caused by soil contamination, there is an increasing interest to apply
surfactants to the remediation of a variety of contaminated soils worldwide. This review …

Surfactant based remediation technologies for organic contaminated soil and water
(groundwater or surface water) is of increasing importance recently. Surfactants are used to …

Pollution and the global health impacts from toxic environmental pollutants are presently of
great concern. At present, more than 100 million people are at risk from exposure to a …

Chlorinated solvents such as trichloroethene (TCE) and tetrachloroethene (PCE) are
widespread groundwater contaminants often released as dense nonaqueous phase liquids …

In recent years, surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR) has attracted increasing
interest duo to the high efficiency of removing non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) from …

Soil flushing using aqueous solutions is employed to solubilise contaminants. As water
solubility is the controlling mechanism of dissolution, additives (surfactants, cosolvents, etc.) …

Chlorinated solvents have seen broad usage for a wide variety of purposes, from cleaning of
machinery, clothes and electronic parts to use in chemical manufacturing. However, through …

PerFluoroOctane Sulfonate (PFOS), is a toxic anthropogenic chemical that has been
produced and gradually released into the environment for the past seven decades. An …

Sardas Landfill at Sabiñánigo Huesca is polluted with Dense Non-Aqueous Liquid Phases
(DNAPLs) composed of a complex mixture of chlorinated organic compounds (COCs). This …

Surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR) has effectively removed dense
nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) from the contaminated aquifers. However, restricted …