Effect of particle age (Fe0 content) and solution pH on NZVI reactivity: H2 evolution and TCE dechlorination

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6085-6090

  Liu, Yueqiang ^a   Lowry, Gregory V ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON (NZVI); SOLVENT PLUMES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORROSION; DECHLORINATION; PH EFFECTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

HYDROGEN; IRON; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORROSION; DECHLORINATION; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

CORROSION; DECHLORINATION; HYDROGEN; IRON OXIDE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PLUME; POLLUTANT; REDUCTION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CORROSION; COST; DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; HALF LIFE TIME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PH; PLUME; POROSITY; REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33749387021     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060685o     Document Type: Article

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