Fe(0) nanoparticles for nitrate reduction: Stability, reactivity, and transformation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5514-5519

  Sohn, Kyounghee ^a   Kang, Sung Wook ^a   Ahn, Samyoung ^a   Woo, Myungwu ^a   Yang, Seong Koo ^b  

^a Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MAGNETITE; REDUCTION RATES; ZEROVALENT IRON;

CORROSION; IRON; NITRATES; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

IRON; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; NITRATE; OXIDE;

CORROSION; IRON; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITRATES; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CORROSION; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON OXIDE; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

IRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 33748519584     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0525758     Document Type: Article

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