Nanoscale zero-valent iron supported on mesoporous silica: Characterization and reactivity for Cr(VI) removal from aqueous solution

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 261, Issue , 2013, Pages 295-306

  Petala, Eleni ^a,b   Dimos, Konstantinos ^a   Douvalis, Alexios ^a   Bakas, Thomas ^a   Tucek, Jiri ^b   Zbořil, Radek ^b   Karakassides, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cr(VI) remediation; Kinetics; Mesoporous silica; Nanoscale zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; MAGNETIZATION MEASUREMENTS; MESOPOROUS SILICA; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETIC MODEL; SURFACE AREA MEASUREMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHARACTERIZATION; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENZYME KINETICS; IRON; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MAGNETIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACES; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

CHROMIUM; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON; MCM 41; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHROMIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON; MAGNETIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PH; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SILICA;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; REACTION TIME; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CHARACTERIZATION; CR(VI) REMEDIATION; KINETICS; MESOPOROUS SILICA; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON;

CHROMIUM; IRON; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLUTIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84882792900     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.07.046     Document Type: Article

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