Arsenic removal by nano-scale zero valent iron and how it is affected by natural organic matter

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1027, Issue , 2009, Pages 135-161

  Park, Hosik ^a   Kanel, Sushil Raj ^b   Choi, Heechul ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HEAVY METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTAMINATED WATER; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; METALS AND METALLOIDS; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 84905573768     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2009-1027.ch008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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