Methods for characterizing the fate and effects of nano zerovalent iron during groundwater remediation

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-35

  Shi, Zhenqing ^a   Fan, Dimin ^b   Johnson, Richard L ^b   Tratnyek, Paul G ^b   Nurmi, James T ^c   Wu, Yuxin ^d   Williams, Kenneth H ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clackamas Community College   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Effects; Fate; Groundwater; Remediation; Zerovalent iron

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTRODES; GEOPHYSICS; GROUNDWATER; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); REDOX REACTIONS; REMEDIATION; SEDIMENTS;

EFFECTS; FATE; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; LABORATORY COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; NANO ZERO-VALENT IRONS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; ROTATING DISC ELECTRODE; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER; IRON; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84976315972     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.03.004     Document Type: Review

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