High efficiency removal of dissolved As(III) using iron nanoparticle-embedded macroporous polymer composites

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1002-1008

  Savina, Irina N ^a   English, Christopher J ^a   Whitby, Raymond L D ^a   Zheng, Yishan ^a   Leistner, Andre ^b   Mikhalovsky, Sergey V ^a   Cundy, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Polymerics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; Arsenic; Iron; Nanoparticle; Water remediation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MEDIA; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH POTENTIAL; INTERCONNECTED PORES; IRON NANOPARTICLES; MACROPOROUS; MACROPOROUS POLYMERS; METAL CATION; MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES; NANOCOMPOSITE DEVICES; NANOCOMPOSITE GELS; PH RANGE; REMEDIATION DEVICES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; WATER REMEDIATION;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; EFFICIENCY; IRON; LEACHING; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; IRON NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; MONOMER; NANOCOMPOSITE; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARSENIC; COMPOSITE; DIAMETER; IRON; PERMEABILITY; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; LEACHING; NANODEVICE; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FREEZING; GELS; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHORIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; SULFONIC ACIDS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 80052030798     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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