Degradation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) from explosive wastewater using nanoscale zero-valent iron

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 566-570

  Zhang, Xin ^a   Lin, Yu man ^a   Shan, Xaio quan ^b   Chen, Zu liang ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene (TNT); Degradation; Nanoscale zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD KINETICS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; TNT DEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WASTEWATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 77649342136     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.01.054     Document Type: Article

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