Aggregation and sedimentation of aqueous nanoscale zerovalent iron dispersions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 284-290

  Phenrat, Tanapon ^a   Saleh, Navid ^a   Sirk, Kevin ^a   Tilton, Robert D ^a   Lowry, Gregory V ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ATTRACTIVE FORCES; MICROMETER SIZE AGGREGATES; NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON (NZVI);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEDIMENTATION;

IRON;

FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRON; MAGNETIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEDIMENTATION;

AGGREGATE; AGGREGATION; IRON; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSCOPY; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; IRON; MAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846006930     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061349a     Document Type: Article

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