Reduction of nitroaromatic compounds by Fe(II) species associated with iron-rich smectites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-242

  Hofstetter, Thomas B ^a   Neumann, Anke ^a   Schwarzenbach, René P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; RATE CONSTANTS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS; OCTAHEDRAL LAYER; REACTIVE PROBE COMPOUNDS; REDUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION;

IRON;

ACETYLNITROBENZENE; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; FERRIC ION; FERRUGINOUS SMECTITE; GROUND WATER; IRON; MINERAL; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOREACTIVITY; CLAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ISOMER; KINETICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSFORMATION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ALUMINUM SILICATES; BENTONITE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; IRON; MINERALS; NITROBENZENES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SILICATES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30344464086     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0515147     Document Type: Article

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