A settling curve modeling method for quantitative description of the dispersion stability of carbon nanotubes in aquatic environments

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Zhou, Lixia ^a   Zhu, Dunxue ^a   Zhang, Shujuan ^a   Pan, Bingcai ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Centrifugal sedimentation rate constant; Heterogeneous; Settling curve

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CENTRIFUGATION; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; RATE CONSTANTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ATTACHMENT EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; HETEROGENEOUS; NATURAL AQUATIC SYSTEMS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SETTLING CURVE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON; DISPERSION; PARTICLE SETTLING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GALLIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; GALLIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RIVERS; TANNINS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924265023     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: 18787320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2014.05.054     Document Type: Article

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