Nanoscale zerovalent iron particles for groundwater remediation: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-21

  Tosco, Tiziana ^a   Petrangeli Papini, Marco ^b   Cruz Viggi, Carolina ^b   Sethi, Rajandrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloidal stability; Field injection; Nanoscale zerovalent iron; nZVI characterization; nZVI reactivity; Transport modelling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS;

COLLOIDAL STABILITY; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATED AREAS; FIELD INJECTION; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSPORT MODELLING;

IRON;

EID: 84902651634     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.026     Document Type: Review

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