Testing the suitability of metallic iron for environmental remediation: Discoloration of methylene blue in column studies

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 959-968

  Btatkeu K , B D ^a,b   Miyajima, K ^c   Noubactep, C ^c,d   Care S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Kultur und Nachhaltige Entwicklung CDD eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrinsic reactivity; Methylene blue; Reactive filtration; Treatability efficiency; Zerovalent iron

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; COLUMN STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; FINE SAND; INTRINSIC REACTIVITY; K-VALUES; METALLIC IRON; METHYLENE BLUE; PERMEABILITY LOSS; SHORT TERM; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84871297367     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.072     Document Type: Article

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