• Immobilization of Hexavalent Chromium Through Reductive Zones Generated by Fe-bearing Clay Mineral Acting as an Electron Mediator

  • Changyu Moon1, Sang Hyun Kim2, Jaeshik Chung2, and Kyoungphile Nam1*

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea
    2Water Cycle Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul 02792, South Korea

  • 철 함유 점토광물의 전자 매개를 이용한 환원구역 생성과 이를 통한 6가 크롬의 고정화

  • 문찬규1ㆍ김상현2ㆍ정재식2ㆍ남경필1*

  • 1서울대학교 건설환경공학부, 2한국과학기술연구원 물자원순환연구단

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(6): 63-72

    Published on Dec 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.6.063
  • Received on Oct 10, 2025
  • Revised on Oct 21, 2025
  • Accepted on Nov 9, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Kyoungphile Nam

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea

  • E-mail: kpnam@snu.ac.kr