Carbothermal synthesis of aerosol-based adsorptive-reactive iron-carbon particles for the remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 13021-13029

  Zhan, Jingjing ^a   Sunkara, Bhanukiran ^a   Tang, Jingjian ^a   Wang, Yingqing ^a   He, Jibao ^b   McPherson, Gary L ^a   John, Vijay T ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTIVE PROPERTIES; CARBON MICROSPHERES; CARBOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; IRON PARTICLES; IRON-CARBON NANOCOMPOSITES; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NANO SCALE; NANOIRON; OPTIMAL RANGES; POROUS CARBON MATERIALS; REACTION PATHWAYS; REACTIVE COMPONENTS; REACTIVE SITE; SATURATED SEDIMENTS; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; MICROSPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 82555182311     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200783z     Document Type: Article

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