Synthesis of highly reactive subnano-sized zero-valent iron using smectite clay templates

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4258-4263

  Gu, Cheng ^a   Jia, Hanzhong ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Teppen, Brian J ^a   Boyd, Stephen A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGES; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; INTERLAYER REGIONS; INTERLAYER SPACINGS; MOLAR RATIO; NEGATIVE CHARGE; NEW FORMS; NOVEL METHODS; REACTION EFFICIENCY; REACTIVE CAPS; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; SMECTITE CLAYS; SMECTITES; STRUCTURAL IRON; TEMPLATED; ZERO-VALENT IRON; ZEROVALENT IRONS;

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINOSILICATES; BUILDING MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; IRON COMPOUNDS; NITROBENZENE; POLLUTION; POSITIVE IONS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CLAY MINERALS;

ANILINE; IRON; NITROBENZENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CATION; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SMECTITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CATION EXCHANGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; POLLUTION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; SILICATES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77952896695     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903801r     Document Type: Article

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