Nitrate reduction by redox-activated, polydiallyldimethylammonium-exchanged ferruginous smectite

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-472

  Su, Kai ^a,b   Radian, Adi ^c   Mishael, Yael ^c   Yang, Lizhong ^b   Stucki, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Iron; Nitrate; Nitrite; Polycation organoclays; Polycation exchanged smectite; Redox; Reduction; Smectite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BASAL SURFACE; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; COULOMBIC ATTRACTIONS; COULOMBIC REPULSION; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; IRON-BEARING CLAYS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL WATERS; NITRATE ANIONS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITRITE; ORGANIC CATIONS; ORGANOCLAYS; POLYDIALLYLDIMETHYL AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; POSITIVELY CHARGED; REDOX; REDUCED-STATE; REDUCTION PRODUCTS; SMECTITES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL IRON;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY MINERALS; GROUNDWATER; ION EXCHANGE; IRON; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

NITRATES;

ION EXCHANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITRITE; ORGANOCLAY; POLYMER; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDUCTION; SMECTITE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871248825     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: 15528367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2012.0600503     Document Type: Article

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