Magnetite and zero-valent iron nanoparticles for the remediation of uranium contaminated environmental water

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2931-2942

  Crane, R A ^a   Dickinson, M ^a   Popescu, I C ^b   Scott, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

Author keywords

Iron; Magnetite; Nanoparticles; Remediation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CARBONATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; IRON; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

'CURRENT; CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; NANO PARTICULATES; REACTION PERIOD; ROMANIA; SIMPLE SYSTEM; SIMPLE++; SITE SPECIFIC STUDY; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

MAGNETITE;

IRON; MAGNETITE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; URANIUM;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CORROSION; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; MAGNETITE; REDUCTION; TIMESCALE; URANIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; ROMANIA; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ROMANIA;

EID: 79954629275     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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