Gold nanoparticle-aluminum oxide adsorbent for efficient removal of mercury species from natural waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2724-2730

  Lo, Sut I ^a   Chen, Po Cheng ^a   Huang, Chih Ching ^b   Chang, Huan Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; AU NANOPARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITIES; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ETHYLMERCURY; LAKE WATERS; MERCURY ION; MERCURY SPECIES; METHYL MERCURY; NATURAL WATERS; ORGANIC MERCURY; PRE-CONCENTRATION; SYNERGIC EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM; BINDING ENERGY; DISSOCIATION; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GROUNDWATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METAL IONS; OXIDES; SEAWATER EFFECTS;

ADSORBENTS;

ADSORBENT; ALUMINUM OXIDE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GROUND WATER; LAKE WATER; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PHENYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL BINDING; DIAMETER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LAKE WATER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; GOLD; GROUNDWATER; KINETICS; LAKES; MERCURY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RECYCLING; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863242783     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203678v     Document Type: Article

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