Destruction of Organics in Water via Iron Nanoparticles

Functional Nanostructured Materials and Membranes for Water Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 7-32

  Shemer, Hilla ^a   Semiat, Raphael ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes; Bimetallic nanoparticles; Fenton like degradation; Insitu remediation; Mineralization; Nanoscale zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887238129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527668502.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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