Importance of a nanoscience approach in the understanding of major aqueous contamination scenarios: Case study from a recent coal ash spill

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3375-3382

  Yang, Yi ^a,b,c   Colman, Benjamin P ^b   Bernhardt, Emily S ^b   Hochella, Michael F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; COAL ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSITION METALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROBIC ENVIRONMENTS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; CONTAMINATION EVENTS; CROSS-FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; NATURALLY OCCURRING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERROUS ION; IRON NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXYHYDROXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; RIVER WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; TRACE METAL; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERRIC ION; FLY ASH; METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; IMPOUNDMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEEPAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER COLUMN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLY ASH; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEACHING; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ZETA POTENTIAL; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

DAN RIVER [NORTH CAROLINA]; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; COAL ASH; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORTH CAROLINA; RIVERS; TITANIUM; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84924959637     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505662q     Document Type: Article

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