Intensify removal of nitrobenzene from aqueous solution using nano-zero valent iron/granular activated carbon composite as fenton-like catalyst

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 226, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Hu, Sihai ^a   Yao, Hairui ^a   Wang, Kaifeng ^a   Lu, Cong ^a   Wu, Yaoguo ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fenton like; Internal iron carbon micro electrolysis; Nitrobenzene (NB); nZVI GAC composite; Synergetic effects

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; NITROBENZENE; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED CARBON COMPOSITES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FENTON LIKES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; IRON CARBON; NANO ZERO-VALENT IRONS; OPTIMAL REACTION CONDITION; SYNERGETIC EFFECT;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; IRON NANOPARTICLE; NITROBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BENZENE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; ELECTROLYSIS; FENTON REACTION; PH; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84928615376     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-015-2421-7     Document Type: Article

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