Electron efficiency of nZVI does not change with variation of environmental parameters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 535, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-78

  Schöftner, Philipp ^a   Waldner, Georg ^a   Lottermoser, Werner ^b   Stöger Pollach, Michael ^c   Freitag, Peter ^d   Reichenauer, Thomas G ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d Keller Grundbau   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dechlorination; Halogenated hydrocarbons; nZVI; TCE

Indexed keywords

DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; HALOGENATION; IMPURITIES; IONIC STRENGTH; OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; REMEDIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBONS; HALOGENATED ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NZVI; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; TCE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; IRON NANOPARTICLE; POLYELECTROLYTE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

DECHLORINATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROLYTE; ELECTRON; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; IRON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEHALOGENATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; IONIC STRENGTH; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY;

ELECTRONS; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84939470648     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.033     Document Type: Article

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