Removal of hexavalent chromium from contaminated ground water using zero-valent iron nanoparticles

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3643-3651

  Singh, Ritu ^a,b   Misra, Virendra ^a   Singh, Rana Pratap ^b  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Batch experiments; Cr(VI); Reaction kinetics; Remediation; Zero valent iron (Fe 0) nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINATED GROUND; CONTAMINATED WATER; CR REDUCTIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; POTENTIAL UTILITY; REACTION PERIOD; REDOX POTENTIALS; WATER SAMPLES; ZERO-VALENT IRON; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; KINETICS; LOADING; POLLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; REMEDIATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

CHROMIUM; GROUND WATER; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZERO VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLE; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX POTENTIAL; REDUCTION; REMEDIATION;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER HARDNESS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDIA; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; INDIA; IRON; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84863768725     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2213-5     Document Type: Article

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