Reductive dechlorination of activated carbon-adsorbed trichloroethylene by zero-valent iron: Carbon as electron shuttle

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1878-1885

  Tang, Hao ^a   Zhu, Dongqiang ^b   Li, Tielong ^a   Kong, Haonan ^a   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC HYDROGEN; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; DIRECT CONTACT; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FE SPECIES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MICROPORES; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; REACTION MECHANISM; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANESTHETICS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; HYDROGEN; IMPURITIES; IRON; MICROPOROSITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CARBONACEOUS ADSORBENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; HYDROGEN; IRON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

CARBON; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 84055217880     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0185     Document Type: Article

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