Nanoscale Metal Oxide Particles as New Materials for the Destructive Adsorption of Toxic Chemicals

Abstract

Our interest has been in exploring and exploiting the enhanced surface chemical reactivates and huge surface areas of nanoparticles. This has led to the development of metal oxide nanoparticles as solid reagents that adsorb and simultaneously destroy toxic substances. The capacities of these destructive absorbents are high, and generally the toxic substance is "mineralized" by extraction of the heteroatom (P, Cl, Br, N, S) and conversion to a innocuous metal salt; volatile organics are released as relatively non-toxic hydrocarbons or carbon oxides which could be used as a fuel source.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA358066

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Klabunde

Organizations

  • Kansas State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
  • Metal Oxides
  • Nanoparticles
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Oxides
  • Particle Size
  • Particles

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Bioremediation