Zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) for the treatment of smelting wastewater: A pilot-scale demonstration

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 254, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-123

  Li, Shaolin ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Yiyuan ^a   Zhang, Wei xian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Copper; Heavy metal; NZVI; Pilot experiment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CLARIFICATION; CLARIFIERS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY METALS; IRON; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NON-FERROUS METAL INDUSTRY; NZVI; PILOT EXPERIMENT; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SMELTING WASTEWATERS; SURFACE-TO-MASS RATIO; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

COPPER;

EID: 84902457055     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.111     Document Type: Article

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