Enhanced Dechlorination of 1,2-Dichloroethane by Coupled Nano Iron-Dithionite Treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 5243-5251

  Nunez Garcia, Ariel ^a   Boparai, Hardiljeet K ^a   Ocarroll, Denis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; IRON; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

1 ,2-DICHLOROETHANES; CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; NANO ZERO-VALENT IRONS; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS; PSEUDO FIRST ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; DITHIONITE; IRON; PALLADIUM; SULFIDE;

CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; IRON; IRON SULFIDE; NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; HALOGENATION;

KOBUS;

DITHIONITE; HALOGENATION; IRON; PALLADIUM; SULFIDES;

EID: 84969695669     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00734     Document Type: Article

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