Treatment of organic compounds by activated persulfate using nanoscale zerovalent iron

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 13564-13571

  Al Shamsi, Mohammed A ^a   Thomson, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PERSULFATE; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; HAZARDOUS ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IN-SITU CHEMICAL OXIDATIONS; IRON SULFATES; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PARTICLE SURFACE;

GROUNDWATER; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 84883522167     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie400387p     Document Type: Article

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