Effects of Natural Organic Matter Properties on the Dissolution Kinetics of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11476-11484

  Jiang, Chuanjia ^a   Aiken, George R ^b   Hsu Kim, Heileen ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS; VOLTAMMETRY; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANODIC STRIPPING VOLTAMMETRY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

DISSOLUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; CARBON; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROGEN; METAL NANOPARTICLE; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC OXIDE;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY; ZINC;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DISSOLUTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RIVER; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PONY LAKE; ROSS ISLAND; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BENZOPYRANS; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN; KINETICS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RIVERS; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84943328802     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02406     Document Type: Article

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