Ethane metal particle size effect

The use of commercially available zero-vale 12nt-metal powders for the degradation of halogenated aliphatics is well documented (4). Nanoscale Fe° has a much smaller grain size than commercially available powdered iron, making it much more reactive. Nanoiron and nanoscale bimetallic particles have been shown to be extremely effective for the reductive dehalogenation of common soil and ground water contaminants such as chlorinated methanes (5), chlorinated ethanes (5) and chlorinated ethenes (7, 8) and essentially eliminate all the undesirable byproducts (P). 

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