Simultaneous removal of cadmium and nitrate in aqueous media by nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI) and Au doped nZVI particles

Water Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 102-111

  Su, Yiming ^a,b   Adeleye, Adeyemi S ^b   Huang, Yuxiong ^b   Sun, Xiaoya ^a   Dai, Chaomeng ^a   Zhou, Xuefei ^a   Zhang, Yalei ^a,c   Keller, Arturo A ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Bimetallic nanoparticles; Cd removal; Nanoscale zerovalent iron; Nitrate reduction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GOLD DEPOSITS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETITE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITRATES;

BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; ITS EFFICIENCIES; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; NEGATIVELY CHARGED SURFACES; NITRATE REDUCTION; REMOVAL CAPACITY; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; CADMIUM; COPPER; GOLD; HYDROGEN; IRON; IRON OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON; NITRATE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CADMIUM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GOLD; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUPERNATANT; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; GOLD; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NITRATES; NITRITES; SILVER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84903783837     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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