Effect of nanoscale zero-valent iron treatment on biological reductive dechlorination: A review of current understanding and research needs

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1148-1175

  Bruton, Thomas A ^a,b   Pycke, Benny F G ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

chloroethene; dehalococcoides; groundwater; iron nanoparticles; nanoscale zero valent iron; nZVI; reductive dechlorination; remediation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; IRON; IRON RESEARCH; MICROORGANISMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION; POLYELECTROLYTES; REMEDIATION;

CHLOROETHENES; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; IRON NANOPARTICLES; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NZVI; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

DECHLORINATION;

ETHYLENE; IRON NANOPARTICLE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POLYELECTROLYTE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DECHLORINATION; IRON; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RESEARCH WORK; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CORROSION; DECHLORINATION; DEHALOCOCCOIDES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEHALOCOCCOIDES;

EID: 84923674036     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2014.924185     Document Type: Article

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