Increase of the concentration of dissolved copper in drinking water systems due to flow-induced nanoparticle release from surface corrosion by-products

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3492-3503

  Vargas, Ignacio T ^a   Pavissich, Juan P ^a   Olivares, Tomás E ^a   Jeria, Gustavo A ^a   Cienfuegos, Rodrigo A ^a   Pastén, Pablo A ^a   Pizarro, Gonzalo E ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

A. Copper; B. AFM; B. SEM; B. XRD

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFTER-FLOW; B. XRD; BULK WATER; CONCENTRATION OF; DISSOLVED COPPER; DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS; METALLIC SURFACE; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; SEM; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE CAVITY; SURFACE CORROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; WATER SAMPLES; XRD;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPPER; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 77955515008     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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