Pollution magnet: Nano-magnetite for arsenic removal from drinking water

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 327-334

  Yavuz, Cafer T ^a   Mayo, J T ^a   Suchecki, Carmen ^a   Wang, Jennifer ^a   Ellsworth, Adam Z ^a   D'Couto, Helen ^a   Quevedo, Elizabeth ^a   Prakash, Arjun ^b   Gonzalez, Laura ^a   Nguyen, Christina ^a   Kelty, Christopher ^a   Colvin, Vicki L ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic remediation; Drinking water; Kitchen synthesis; Magnetite nanocrystals; Open source software; Underdeveloped countries

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; MAGNETITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MAGNETITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REMEDIATION; SOFTWARE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

ARSENIC; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 77954458572     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-010-9293-y     Document Type: Article

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