A field investigation on transport of carbon-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) in groundwater

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Busch, J ^a   Meissner T ^b   Potthoff, A ^b   Bleyl, S ^c   Georgi, A ^c   Mackenzie, K ^c   Trabitzsch, R ^c   Werban, U ^c   Oswald, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon colloid; Fe C composite; Field aquifer; Nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI); Particle mobility; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HALL MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER FILTRATION;

CARBOXY-METHYL CELLULOSE; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINANTS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PARTICLE MOBILITY; PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; SUPPORTED NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACTIVATED CARBON; AQUIFERS; IRON COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; COLLOID; GROUND WATER; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SOIL; SUSPENSION;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GERMANY; HALOGENATION; PROCEDURES; SOIL; SUSPENSION; WATER POLLUTION;

CARBON; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; CHARCOAL; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER; HALOGENATION; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SOIL; SUSPENSIONS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84940841403     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.03.009     Document Type: Article

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