Influence of anionic cosolutes and ph on nanoscale zerovalent iron longevity: Time scales and mechanisms of reactivity loss toward 1,1,1,2-tetrachloroethane and Cr(VI)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8365-8373

  Xie, Yang ^a   Cwiertny, David M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION CONCENTRATIONS; CO-SOLUTES; CR REDUCTIONS; FE SPECIES; IRON CARBONATES; LINEAR CORRELATION; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PH-DEPENDENCE; REACTIVITY LOSS; REMOVAL CAPACITY; TIME-SCALES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEGATIVE IONS; RATE CONSTANTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

1,1,1,2 TETRACHLOROETHANE; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; IRON; MAGNETITE; NITRATE; PERCHLORATE; SULFATE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMIUM; CORRELATION; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PH; SAMPLING; SOLUTE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIMESCALE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LONGEVITY; PH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOLUTE; SUSPENSION; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIONS; CHROMIUM; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84864677107     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301753u     Document Type: Article

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