Suspension of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in freshwaters: Examining the effect of CNT size

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 235-241

  O'Driscoll, Nelson J ^a,b   Messier, Tammy ^a   Robertson, Michael D ^a   Murimboh, John ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KC Irving Environmental Science Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Modeling; Natural organic matter; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; FRESH WATER; GLOBAL DEMAND; MODELING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; NATURAL WATERS; SETTLING RATE; SODIUM DOCECYL SULFATE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FRESH WATER; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ABSORBANCE; CARBON; MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; SODIUM; SPECTROMETRY; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; HALF LIFE TIME; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUSPENSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 77951768944     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0162-1     Document Type: Article

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