Long-term colloidal stability of 10 carbon nanotube types in the absence/presence of humic acid and calcium

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-73

  Schwyzer, Irène ^a,b   Kaegi, Ralf ^b   Sigg, Laura ^b   Smajda, Rita ^c   Magrez, Arnaud ^c   Nowack, Bernd ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Calcium; Carbon nanotubes; Colloidal stability; Humic acid

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL STABILITY; FUNCTIONALIZED; HUMIC ACID; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; OXYGEN CONTENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SUPERNATANTS; SUWANNEE RIVER HUMIC ACID;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; LINEAR REGRESSION; ORGANIC ACIDS;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; CARBON NANOTUBE; HUMIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; CARBON; COLLOID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC ACID; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOSORPTION; COLLOID; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; SUPERNATANT; SUSPENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ADSORPTION; CALCIUM; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861878013     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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