Reduction of nitrate by bimetallic Fe/Ni nanoparticles

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2185-2192

  Kang, Haiyan ^a   Xiu, Zongming ^b,c   Chen, Jiawei ^d   Cao, Wenping ^e   Guo, Yifei ^a   Li, Tielong ^c   Jin, Zhaohui ^c  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

^b Rice University   (United States)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e XUZHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fe Ni; nanoparticle; nitrate; reduction; stability

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; AIR-STABLE; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; BIMETALLIC SYSTEMS; INITIAL PH; NANO SCALE; NEAR-NEUTRAL PH; NI CONTENT; NITRATE REDUCTION; REDUCTION RATE; SITE REMEDIATION;

NITRATES;

EID: 84868270864     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.665486     Document Type: Article

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