Methods for accelerating nitrate reduction using zerovalent iron at near-neutral pH: Effects of H2-reducing pretreatment and copper deposition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9643-9648

  Liou, Y H ^a   Lo, S L ^a   Lin, C J ^a   Hu, C Y ^a   Kuan, W H ^b   Weng, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEPOSITION; IRON; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; POLARIZATION; REDUCTION;

COPPER DEPOSITION; CYCLIC POLARIZATION CURVES; NITRATE REDUCTION; NONPRETREATED IRON;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; COPPER; HYDROGEN; IRON; NITRATE; WATER;

NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; DEGRADATION; ENERGY; OXYGEN FRACTION ENERGY; PH; POLARIZATION; REDUCTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 29244463335     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048038p     Document Type: Article

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