Surfactive stabilization of multi-walled carbon nanotube dispersions with dissolved humic substances

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1081-1087

  Chappell, Mark A ^a   George, Aaron J ^b   Dontsova, Katerina M ^b   Porter, Beth E ^b   Price, Cynthia L ^a   Zhou, Pingheng ^c   Morikawa, Eizi ^c   Kennedy, Alan J ^a   Steevens, Jeffery A ^a  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b SpecPro Inc   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Humic substances; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BRIJ 35; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; ENHANCED STABILITIES; HUMIC ACIDS; HUMIC MATERIALS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MEAN PARTICLE DIAMETERS; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTI-WALLED CNT; NATURAL WATERS; SURFACTANTS; TRITON-X;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROXYLATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYDISPERSITY; SOILS; SORPTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBOHYDRATE; DISPERSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HUMUS; SORPTION; STABILIZATION; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60949112142     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.09.039     Document Type: Article

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