Enhanced reduction of nitrate by zero-valent iron at elevated temperatures

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Ahn, Se Chang ^a   Oh, Seok Young ^b   Cha, Daniel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffer; Elemental iron; Nitrate; pH; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELEMENTAL IRON; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES;

NITRATES;

BUFFER; IRON; NITRATE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; NITRATES; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BUFFERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRON; NITRATE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; PH; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

HEAT; IRON; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 44649195908     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.11.104     Document Type: Article

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