Enhanced reductive dechlorination of trichloroethylene by sulfidated nanoscale zerovalent iron

Water Research

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 144-153

  Rajajayavel, Sai Rajasekar C ^a   Ghoshal, Subhasis ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorinated solvents; Degradation kinetics; Iron sulfide; Nanoparticles; S NZVI; Sulfidation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; AQUIFERS; BINDING SITES; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; RATE CONSTANTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHLORINATED SOLVENT; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; IRON PARTICLES; MOLAR RATIO; NANO SCALE; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; S-NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON PARTICLE; SULFIDATION; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FERROUS SULFIDE; IRON NANOPARTICLE; POLYELECTROLYTE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; GROUND WATER; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SULFIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATE CONSTANT; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARGE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SULFIDES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928680344     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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