Short-chain organic acids increase the reactivity of zerovalent iron nanoparticles toward polychlorinated aromatic pollutants

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 284, Issue , 2016, Pages 372-379

  Ou, Yu heng ^a   Wei, Chau Yuan ^a   Shih, Yang hsin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complexation; Dechlorination; Iron nanoparticles; Oxalic acid; Pentachlorophenol

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CHAINS; COMPLEXATION; DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; HERBICIDES; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXALIC ACID; PHENOLS; POLLUTION; PRECIOUS METALS;

AROMATIC POLLUTANTS; DEGRADATION BY-PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; IRON NANOPARTICLES; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84942018318     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.08.138     Document Type: Article

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