Prevention of iron passivation and enhancement of nitrate reduction by electron supplementation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 185-189

  Luo, Haiping ^a,b   Jin, Song ^b,c   Fallgren, Paul H ^b   Colberg, Patricia J S ^b   Johnson, Patrick A ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrically induced reduction; Nitrate reduction; Passivation; Zero valent iron; ZVI

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RATE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; IRON PASSIVATION; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; LOW VOLTAGES; MINERAL PHASIS; MINERAL SPECIES; NITRATE REDUCTION; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; REMOVAL RATE; SURFACE OXIDATIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON; ZEROVALENT IRONS;

GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PASSIVATION;

EID: 77951123777     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.036     Document Type: Article

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