Uranium(VI) reduction by nanoscale zero-valent iron in anoxic batch systems: The role of Fe(II) and Fe(III)

Chemosphere

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 625-630

  Yan, Sen ^a,d   Chen, Yongheng ^b   Xiang, Wu ^a   Bao, Zhengyu ^a   Liu, Chongxuan ^d   Deng, Baolin ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron shuttle; Fe(II); Fe(III); NanoFe0; Uranium(VI)

Indexed keywords

CHELATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; TRIETHANOLAMINE; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

1 ,10-PHENANTHROLINE; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; ELECTRON SHUTTLE; NANO-FE; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; REDUCTIVE IMMOBILIZATION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; GROUND WATER; IRON NANOPARTICLE; TRIETHANOLAMINE; URANIUM; 1,10-PHENANTHROLINE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOREACTOR; CHELATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMMOBILIZATION; IRON OXIDE; REDUCTION; URANIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; REDUCTION KINETICS; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ETHANOLAMINES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENANTHROLINES; URANIUM;

EID: 84919780993     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.09.087     Document Type: Article

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