Highly efficient removal of Cr(VI) from water with nanoparticulated zerovalent iron: Understanding the Fe(III)-Cr(III) passive outer layer structure

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages 569-575

  Nahuel Montesinos, V ^a,b,c   Quici, Natalia ^a,b   Beatriz Halac, E ^a   Leyva, Ana G ^c,d   Custo, Graciela ^a   Bengio, Silvina ^e   Zampieri, Guillermo ^b,f   Litter, Marta I ^a,b,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^f CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hexavalent chromium; Nanoscale zerovalent iron; Raman spectroscopy; XPS analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894330798     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.093     Document Type: Article

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