Foam, a promising vehicle to deliver nanoparticles for vadose zone remediation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1773-1780

  Shen, Xin ^a   Zhao, Lin ^a   Ding, Yuanzhao ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Zeng, Hui ^a   Zhong, Lirong ^b   Li, Xiqing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery vehicle; Foam; Nanoparticles; Remediation

Indexed keywords

AIR WATER INTERFACES; DELIVERY VEHICLE; DRIVING FORCES; FIELD REMEDIATION; IN-SITU; POLYSTYRENE LATEX MICROSPHERES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RADIUS OF INFLUENCES; SURFACTANT FOAMS; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA; VADOSE ZONE; WATER SUSPENSIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

ELECTRON INJECTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMPURITIES; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE INTERFACES; POLLUTION; POLYSTYRENES; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VEHICLES;

MICROSPHERES;

MICROSPHERE; NANOBUBBLE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; FOAM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SURROGATE METHOD; VADOSE ZONE;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DELIVERY; FLOW RATE; FOAM; VADOSE ZONE REMEDIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; LATEX; MICROSPHERES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYSORBATES; POLYSTYRENES; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 79751534350     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.12.071     Document Type: Article

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