On the mechanism of microbe inactivation by metallic iron
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.063
Persistent URL: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7082
Noubactep, Chicgoua, 2011: On the mechanism of microbe inactivation by metallic iron . In: Journal of Hazardous Materials , 198 383 -386, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.063.
Abstract
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.