Vapor phase mercury sorption by organic sulfide modified bimetallic iron-copper nanoparticle aggregates

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1305-1315

  Makkuni, A ^a   Varma, R S ^b   Sikdar, S K ^b   Bhattacharyya, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRIC FILTER LINERS; MERCURY SORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SORBENTS; SORPTION;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACTIVATED CARBON; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MERCURY (METAL); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SORBENTS; SORPTION;

EID: 33847613870     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060713b     Document Type: Article

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