%0 Journal article
%A Noubactep, Chicgoua
%T On the mechanism of microbe inactivation by metallic iron
%R 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.063
%R 10.23689/fidgeo-2769
%J Journal of Hazardous Materials
%V 198

%X This letter challenges the concept that the metallic iron (Fe0) surface contributes directly to the process of micro-organism inactivation in aqueous solutions. It is shown that any antimicrobial properties of Fe0 is related to the cycle of expansion/contraction accompanying aqueous iron corrosion. This demonstration corroborates the concept that aqueous contaminant removal in the presence of Fe0 mostly occurs at the Fe-oxide/water interface or within the oxide-film on Fe0.
%U http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7082
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