Comparison of manufactured and black carbon nanoparticle concentrations in aquatic sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1110-1116

  Koelmans, A A ^a   Nowack, B ^b   Wiesner, M R ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Carbon based nanoparticles; Exposure; Sediment; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SEDIMENTS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON-BASED NANOPARTICLES; EXPOSURE; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NANO-SIZED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; REMOVAL RATES; SEDIMENT LAYERS; SEDIMENTATION FLUXES; SOOT PARTICLES; STEADY STATE; TOXIC EFFECTS; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

ALUMINA; BIOCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SOOT; TOXICITY;

CARBON BLACK;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BLACK CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOOT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60949103811     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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