Reductive reactivity of borohydride- and dithionite-synthesized iron-based nanoparticles: A comparative study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 303, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-110

  Ma, Xiaoming ^a   He, Di ^a   Jones, Adele M ^a   Collins, Richard N ^a   Waite, T David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

NZVI; Pd@nZVI; Sodium borohydride; Sodium dithionite; TCE degradation

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; REACTION PRODUCTS; REDUCING AGENTS; REDUCTION; SODIUM;

BOROHYDRIDES; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DITHIONITE; IRON-BASED; NZVI; SODIUM BORO HYDRIDES; SODIUM DITHIONITE; XRD ANALYSIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACETYLENE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; IRON NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; PALLADIUM; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SODIUM DITHIONITE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ACETYLENE; ANION; BORON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHYLENE; IRON; MAGNETITE; NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM; REDUCTION; SODIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; OSCILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84945977575     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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