Characterization and properties of metallic iron nanoparticles: Spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and kinetics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1221-1230

  Nurmi, James T ^a   Tratnyek, Paul G ^a   Sarathy, Vaishnavi ^a   Baer, Donald R ^b   Amonette, James E ^b   Pecher, Klaus ^b   Wang, Chongmin ^b   Linehan, John C ^b   Matson, Dean W ^b   Penn, R Lee ^c   Driessen, Michelle D ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; COATINGS; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; REMEDIATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION; IRON NANOPARTICLES; NANO-SIZED ZERO-VALENT IRON; OXIDIZED BORON;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

BENZOQUINONE; BORANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; GROUND WATER; IRON DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CORROSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PRECIPITATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 20044363441     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049190u     Document Type: Article

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