TCE dechlorination rates, pathways, and efficiency of nanoscale iron particles with different properties

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1338-1345

  Liu, Yueqiang ^a   Majetich, Sara A ^b   Tilton, Robert D ^a   Sholl, David S ^a   Lowry, Gregory V ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BORON; CATALYSIS; COUPLINGS; DECHLORINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYTIC PATHWAYS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SHELL STRUCTURE; TRICHLOROETHENE (TCE);

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ACETYLENE; BORON; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; FERROUS ION; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; TRICHLOROETHANE;

DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION RATE; REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; LIQUID; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLUME; REDUCTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; IRON; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 14744306930     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049195r     Document Type: Article

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