Enhanced transport of polyelectrolyte stabilized nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) in porous media

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 482-491

  Jiemvarangkul, Pijit ^a   Zhang, Wei Xian ^b   Lien, Hsing Lung ^c  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nanoparticles; Polyelectrolyte; Stabilization; Transport; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU REMEDIATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; NEGATIVELY CHARGED SURFACES; PACKED COLUMN; POLYACRYLIC ACIDS; POROUS MEDIA; REACTIVE ZONES; REDUCING PARTICLE; SOY PROTEIN; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL DISTANCE; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GROUNDWATER; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTATION; STABILIZATION;

IRON;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 79957504288     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.02.065     Document Type: Article

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