• In-situ Stabilization of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants in Sediment by Activated Carbon Amendment: Working Principles

  • Hyeonmin LEE1·Jihyeun JUNG1·Yongju CHOI1*

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University

  • 활성탄 주입을 통한 퇴적물 내 소수성 유기오염물질 원위치 안정화 기술: 작동 원리

  • 이현민1·정지현1·최용주1*

  • 1서울대학교 건설환경공학부

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This Article

  • 2022; 27(1): 1-16

    Published on Feb 28, 2022

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2022.27.1.001
  • Received on Jan 26, 2022
  • Revised on Feb 1, 2022
  • Accepted on Feb 23, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Yongju CHOI

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University

  • E-mail: ychoi81@snu.ac.kr