Method for obtaining silver nanoparticle concentrations within a porous medium via synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1114-1122

  Molnar, Ian L ^a   Willson, Clinton S ^b   O'Carroll, Denis M ^a   Rivers, Mark L ^c   Gerhard, Jason I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LINEAR ATTENUATION; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAPS;

NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

SILVER;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAP; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MEDIUM; SILVER;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS RADIOGRAPHY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PH; STANDARD; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON X RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY; CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; PROCEDURES;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; POROSITY; SILVER; SYNCHROTRONS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84892714542     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403381s     Document Type: Article

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