Enhanced removal of nitrate by a novel composite: Nanoscale zero valent iron supported on pillared clay

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 526-531

  Zhang, Yun ^a,b   Li, Yimin ^b   Li, Jianfa ^b   Hu, Liujiang ^b   Zheng, Xuming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAOXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanoscale zero valent iron; Nitrate; Pillared clay; Removal; Supported

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; END-PRODUCTS; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; IRON SURFACE; KINETIC STUDY; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITROGEN GAS; PILLARED CLAY; REDUCTION RATE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SUPPORTED; TOTAL NITROGEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; IRON; IRON POWDER; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NITRATES;

EID: 79959297944     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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