Formation of iron nanoparticles and increase in iron reactivity in mineral dust during simulated cloud processing

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6592-6596

  Shi, Zongbo ^a   Krom, Michael D ^a   Bonneville, Steeve ^a   Baker, Alex R ^b   Jickells, Timothy D ^b   Benning, Liane G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EXTRACTION METHOD; CLOUD PROCESSING; CLOUD WATER; DUST SAMPLES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GOETHITE SUSPENSIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; IRON NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERAL DUST; NANO-SIZE; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; SAHARAN DUST; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOIL SAMPLE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; MINERALS; MINING; NANOPARTICLES; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

DUST;

ASCORBIC ACID; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON; NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLOUD WATER; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; EXTRACTION METHOD; GOETHITE; IRON; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; WET DEPOSITION;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOUD; DRY DEPOSITION; EXTRACTION; MICROSCOPY; MINERAL DUST; PROCESSING; SIMULATION; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUSPENSION; WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERE; DUST; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 69549090588     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901294g     Document Type: Article

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