Characterization of freshwater natural aquatic colloids by atomic force microscopy (AFM)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6930-6936

  Lead, J R ^a   Muirhead, D ^a   Gibson, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOIDS; PH EFFECTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC COLLOIDS; FIBRILS; FRESHWATER; SURFACE FILMS;

POTABLE WATER;

FRESH WATER; MICA; RIVER WATER; SILICON NITRIDE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BINDING; COLLOID; FIBER; FILM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL AQUATIC COLLOID; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLLUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; THICKNESS;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 25144479966     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050386j     Document Type: Article

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