Travel distance and transformation of injected emulsified zerovalent iron nanoparticles in the subsurface during two and half years

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4095-4106

  Su, Chunming ^a   Puls, Robert W ^a,e   Krug, Thomas A ^b   Watling, Mark T ^b   O'Hara, Suzanne K ^b   Quinn, Jacqueline W ^c   Ruiz, Nancy E ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct injection; Emulsified zerovalent iron; Ferrihydrite; Goethite; Groundwater remediation; Lepidocrocite; Magnetite; Nanoiron corrosion; Pneumatic injection; Travel distance

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CORROSION; EMULSIFICATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PNEUMATICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EMULSIFIED ZEROVALENT IRON; FERRIHYDRITES; GOETHITE; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; LEPIDOCROCITE; NANOIRON; NANOIRON CORROSION; PNEUMATIC INJECTION; TRAVEL DISTANCE; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

MAGNETITE;

EMULSIFIED ZEROVALENT IRON; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFER; FERRIHYDRITE; GOETHITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON; IRON OXIDE; LEPIDOCROCITE; MAGNETITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMEDIATION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INJECTION; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879007481     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.042     Document Type: Article

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