Nitrate removal by entrapped zero-valent iron nanoparticles in calcium alginate

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2215-2222

  Krajangpan, Sita ^a   Elorza Bermudez, Juan J ^a   Bezbaruah, Achintya N ^a   Chisholm, Bret J ^b   Khan, Eakalak ^a  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate beads; Entrapment; Iron nanoparticle; Nitrate; Permeable reactive barrier

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE BEADS; ALGINATE GEL; CA-ALGINATE BEAD; CALCIUM ALGINATE; CALCIUM ALGINATE BEADS; ENTRAPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; IRON NANOPARTICLE; KINETIC EXPERIMENT; MODEL CONTAMINANT; N REMOVAL; NITRATE DEGRADATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITRATE-N; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIER; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

ALGINATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; GELATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION; REACTION RATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

NITRATES;

ALGINATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REMEDIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGINATES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; IRON; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSPHERES; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58949096567     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.925     Document Type: Article

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