Simultaneous adsorption and reduction of U(VI) on reduced graphene oxide-supported nanoscale zerovalent iron

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 280, Issue , 2014, Pages 399-408

  Sun, Yubing ^a,b   Ding, Congcong ^b   Cheng, Wencai ^b   Wang, Xiangke ^a,c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Nanoscale zerovalent iron; Radionuclides; Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets; Sorption and reduction; Spectroscopic techniques

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION AND REDUCTION; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

RADIOISOTOPES;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS ION; GRAPHENE OXIDE; IRON; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; RADIOISOTOPE; URANIUM; GRAPHITE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; REDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CORROSION; ELECTRON; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION; PH; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; GRAPHITE; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84908008813     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.023     Document Type: Article

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