Aggregation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles: Role of calcium and phosphate

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Domingos, Rute F ^a,b   Peyrot, Caroline ^a   Wilkinson, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cation valence; Fulvic acid

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AGGREGATION; CALCIUM; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; ELECTROKINESIS; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FULVIC ACID; HEALTH IMPACT; ION EXCHANGE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 77649106232     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN09110     Document Type: Article

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