An inexpensive flow-through laser nephelometer for the detection of natural colloids and manufactured nanoparticles

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 112-120

  Greswell, Richard B ^a   Rahman, Syed H ^b   Cuthbert, Mark O ^a   Tellam, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Column experiment; Hydrogeology; Inexpensive Turbidity; Manufactured nanoparticles; Nephelometer

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NEPHELOMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBIDITY;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; LABORATORY STUDIES; MANUFACTURED NANOPARTICLES; TURBIDITY MEASUREMENTS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLLOID; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBIDITY;

EID: 78650174433     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.033     Document Type: Article

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