Degradation of chlorinated phenols by zero valent iron and bimetals of iron: A review

Environmental Engineering Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 187-203

  Gunawardana, Buddhika ^a   Singhal, Naresh ^a   Swedlund, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bimetals; Chlorophenols; Dechlorination; Iron oxides; Passivation; Sorption; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

BIMETALS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DECHLORINATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IRON; IRON RESEARCH; OXIDE FILMS; PASSIVATION; PHENOLS; SORPTION;

BIMETALLIC SYSTEMS; CHLORINATED PHENOLS; CHLOROPHENOLS; DECHLORINATION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HYDRODECHLORINATION; SURFACE PASSIVATION; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 84856572585     PISSN: 12261025     EISSN: 2005968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4491/eer.2011.16.4.187     Document Type: Review

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