Characterization of nZVI mobility in a field scale test

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2862-2869

  Kocur, Chris M ^a,c   Chowdhury, Ahmed I ^a   Sakulchaicharoen, Nataphan ^a   Boparai, Hardiljeet K ^a   Weber, Kela P ^a,d   Sharma, Prabhakar ^a   Krol, Magdalena M ^a,b   Austrins, Leanne ^c   Peace, Christopher ^c   Sleep, Brent E ^b   O'Carroll, Denis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CH2M Hill Canada   (Canada)

^d ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELLS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRODYNAMIC DIAMETER; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES; SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

FIELDWORK; MOBILITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SAMPLING; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIELD SCALE TEST; GRAVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SELF CONCEPT; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SARNIA;

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84895532149     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4044209     Document Type: Article

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