Fate and Toxicity of Zinc Oxide Nanomaterial in Municipal Wastewaters

  The production of zinc nanomaterial has increased significantly over the past several years and, as a result, nanoparticles have navigated their way into wastewater streams. The transportation and toxicity of zinc nanomaterial within the wastewater treatment processes is not well known. In this st...

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Veröffentlicht in:Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation. - 1998. - 89(2017), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 880-889
1. Verfasser: Smeraldi, Josh (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ganesh, Rajagopalan, Hosseini, Turaj, Khatib, Leila, Olson, Betty H, Rosso, Diego
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2017
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation
Schlagworte:Journal Article Waste Water Water Pollutants, Chemical Zinc Oxide SOI2LOH54Z
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