Reactivity of Fe/FeS nanoparticles: Electrolyte composition effects on corrosion electrochemistry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12484-12492

  Turcio Ortega, David ^a   Fan, Dimin ^a   Tratnyek, Paul G ^a   Kim, Eun Ju ^b   Chang, Yoon Seok ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; CORROSION ELECTROCHEMISTRY; DITHIONITE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODELING; IMPEDANCE DATA; LINEAR POLARIZATION RESISTANCE; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PASSIVE FILMS; POWDER DISKS; RAPID CORROSION; REDOX PROPERTY; REDUCTIVE PRECIPITATION; SOLUTION CONDITIONS; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CHLORIDE; DITHIONITE; ELECTROLYTE; FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON; IRON OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CORROSION; ELECTROKINESIS; IRON; IRON SULFIDE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; FILM; LINEAR POLARIZATION RESISTANCE; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; OPEN CIRCUIT CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION; SYNTHESIS;

ADSORPTION; CORROSION; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POTENTIOMETRY; SOLUTIONS; SULFIDES; TIME FACTORS;

LILY SYMPTOMLESS VIRUS;

EID: 84869441866     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303422w     Document Type: Article

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