Transport of stabilized engineered silver (Ag) nanoparticles through porous sandstones

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 158, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-13

  Neukum, Christoph ^a   Braun, Anika ^a   Azzam, Rafig ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Column experiments; Engineered nanoparticles; Transport

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; EXPERIMENTAL MODELING; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; TRANSPORT;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IONIC STRENGTH; MINERALS; NANOPARTICLES; PORE SIZE; SANDSTONE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

MERCURY; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANDSTONE; SILVER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; MINERALOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SANDSTONE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES; ENGINEERED SILVER NANOPARTICLES; FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; SANDSTONE; TRANSPORT;

FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; SILVER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84891687581     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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