• Development of Elemental Technology for the Revitalization of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil Remediated by Soil Washing

  • Seung-Hyun Lee1·Jong-Hwan Lee1·Woo-Chun Lee2·Sang-Woo Lee2·Soon-Oh Kim1*

  • 1Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
    2HS Environmental Technology Research Center, Hosung Inc., Jinju 52818, Korea

  • 중금속 오염 토양의 토양세척 정화 후 토양 건강성 회복을 위한 요소 기술 개발

  • 이승현1·이종환1·이우춘2·이상우2·김순오1*

  • 1경상대학교 지질과학과 및 기초과학연구소(RINS)
    2(주)호성 HS환경기연구소

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This Article

  • 2023; 28(5): 36-50

    Published on Oct 31, 2023

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2023.28.5.036
  • Received on Aug 22, 2023
  • Revised on Oct 6, 2023
  • Accepted on Oct 12, 2023

Correspondence to

  • Soon-Oh Kim

  • 1Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea

  • E-mail: sokim@gnu.ac.kr