• Evaluation of FeCl3-Based Washing Applicability for Pb-Contaminated Soils According to Stratigraphic Characteristics at a Military Shooting Range

  • Kwak, Nogil and Jae-Woo Park*

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea

  • 군 사격장 층위별 특성에 따른 오염토양의 FeCl3 기반 세척 적용성 평가

  • 곽녹일ㆍ박재우*

  • 한양대학교 건설환경공학과

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(5): 41-48

    Published on Oct 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.5.041
  • Received on Aug 25, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 29, 2025
  • Accepted on Sep 30, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Jae-Woo Park

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, South Korea

  • E-mail: jaewoopark@hanyang.ac.kr