Application of an empirical transport model to simulate retention of nanocrystalline titanium dioxide in sand columns

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1794-1801

  Choy, Christine Chin ^a   Wazne, Mahmoud ^a   Meng, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Particle transport; Passive chemical barrier; Porous media; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POROUS MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PASSIVE CHEMICAL BARRIER;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

NANOCRYSTAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FILTER; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAVY METAL; PARTICULATE FLUX; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTION KINETICS; SAND; TITANIUM;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; SIMULATION;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM;

EID: 41549134051     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.12.030     Document Type: Article

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