Attachment efficiency of nanoparticle aggregation in aqueous dispersions: Modeling and experimental validation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 7054-7062

  Zhang, Wen ^a   Crittenden, John ^a,b   Li, Kungang ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION KINETICS; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY; DERJAGUIN-LANDAU-VERWEY-OVERBEEK THEORIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; KINETIC MOTION; MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; NANO SCALE; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; STABILITY RATIO; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DISPERSIONS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FORECASTING; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY;

CERIUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

AGGREGATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETIC ENERGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; REACTION KINETICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY; CALCULATION; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADSORPTION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; NANOPARTICLES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863506173     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203623z     Document Type: Article

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