Controlled evaluation of silver nanoparticle sulfidation in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 8564-8572

  Kent, Ronald D ^a   Oser, Joel G ^a   Vikesland, Peter J ^a  

^a Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; IN-SITU INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NANOSPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; SECONDARY PRECIPITATES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SILVER;

SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; SODIUM SULFIDE; SULFIDE; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOLUTION; EVALUATION STUDY; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMISTRY; WASTE WATER;

KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; SULFIDES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84905665396     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404989t     Document Type: Article

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