Remediation of alachlor and atrazine contaminated water with zero-valent iron nanoparticles

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-524

  Bezbaruah, Achintya N ^a   Thompson, Jay M ^a,b   Chisholm, Bret J ^c  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alachlor; Atrazine; Iron nanoparticle; Pesticide rinse water; Zero valent iron (ZVI)

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; ALACHLOR DEGRADATION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ATRAZINE; ATRAZINES; CONTAMINATED WATER; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; FLOORING MATERIALS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IRON NANOPARTICLE; ONSITE TREATMENT; RINSE WATER; SIMPLE METHOD; ZERO-VALENT IRON (ZVI); ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

DEGRADATION; NANOPARTICLES; REACTION RATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

HERBICIDES;

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; DEGRADATION; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETAMIDES; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HERBICIDES; IRON; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70449331531     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601230902997501     Document Type: Article

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