Evaluation of highly active nanoscale zero-valent iron coupled with ultrasound for chromium(VI) removal

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 281, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-163

  Zhou, Xiaobin ^a   Lv, Bihong ^a   Zhou, Zuoming ^a   Li, Wenxin ^a   Jing, Guohua ^a  

^a HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cr(VI) removal; Mechanism; Nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; IRON; MECHANISMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RATE CONSTANTS; ULTRASONICS;

ACTIVATION ENERGIES (EA); CR REMOVAL; INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; REACTION TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY;

CHROMIUM;

EID: 84934291185     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.089     Document Type: Article

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