Nitrate reduction by nano-Fe/Cu particles in packed column

Desalination

Volumn 276, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 214-221

  Mossa Hosseini, S ^a   Ataie Ashtiani, B ^b   Kholghi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Batch experiment; Nano Fe Cu particles; Nitrate reduction; NZVI; Packed sand column

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; NANO-FE; NITRATE REDUCTION; NZVI; PACKED SAND COLUMN;

COATINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; NITRATES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SAND; WATER;

REDUCTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; PARTICLE SIZE; POREWATER; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79959530788     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.051     Document Type: Article

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