TY  - JOUR
A1  - Noubactep, Chicgoua
T1  - On the mechanism of microbe inactivation by metallic iron
Y1  - 2011
VL  - 198
SP  - 383
EP  - 386
JF  - Journal of Hazardous Materials
DO  - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.08.063
DO  - 10.23689/fidgeo-2769
N2  - 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.
UR  - http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/7082
ER  -