Removal of contaminants from canal water using microwave synthesized zero valent iron nanoparticles
Salma Shad, Marie-France A. Belinga-Desaunay-Nault, Sohail Sohail, Nadia Bashir, Iseult Lynch
Abstract
Microwave synthesized (low energy) ZV-FeNPs stabilised with Mentha piperita extract removed >80% of phosphate, ammonia, nitrate, lead and chloride, typical agricultural run-off contaminants, from UK canal water with a single application for 24 h.
Topics & Concepts
Zerovalent ironNitrateMicrowaveContaminationAmmoniaEnvironmental chemistryChloridePhosphateNanoparticleNuclear chemistryChemistryEnvironmental scienceMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsAdsorptionBiologyEcologyEnvironmental remediation with nanomaterialsNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsAdvanced oxidation water treatment