Iron-carbon composite microspheres prepared through a facile aerosol-based process for the simultaneous adsorption and reduction of chlorinated hydrocarbons

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 939-947

  Sunkara, Bhanukiran ^a   Su, Yang ^a   Zhan, Jingjing ^a   He, Jibao ^a   McPherson, Gary L ^a   John, Vijay T ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

adsorption; aerosol; chlorinated ethene; iron carbon; reductive dechlorination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942991816     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-015-0807-9     Document Type: Article

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