Sequestration of Arsenate in Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles: Visualization of Intraparticle Reactions at Angstrom Resolution

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 305-309

  Ling, Lan ^a   Zhang, Wei Xian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84969240510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez5001512     Document Type: Article

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