Chemical stability and toxicity of nanoscale zero-valent iron in the remediation of chromium-contaminated watershed

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 220, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-66

  Qiu, Xiuqi ^a,b   Fang, Zhanqiang ^a,b   Yan, Xiaomin ^a,b   Cheng, Wen ^a,b   Lin, Kairong ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Technology Research Center for Ecological Management and Remediation of Urban Water System   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical stability; Chromium; Toxicity; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMIC ACID; IN-SITU REMEDIATION; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; NON-TOXIC; POTENTIAL RISKS; PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS; TOTAL CHROMIUM; TOTAL IRONS; TOXIC IONS; TOXICITY TEST; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHROMIUM; IRON; METAL IONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY;

CHEMICAL STABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84873657239     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.11.041     Document Type: Article

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