title: Comment on "Reductive dechlorination of gamma-hexachloro-cyclohexane using Fe-Pd bimetallic nanoparticles" by Nagpal et al. [J. Hazard. Mater. 175 (2010) 680-687].
abstract: The author used a recent article on lindane reductive dechlorination by Fe/Pd bimetallics to complain that dozen of published works in several journals are not conform to the state-of-the-art knowledge on the mechanism of aqueous contaminant removal by metallic iron (e.g. in Fe(0)/H(2)O systems). It is shown that the contribution of adsorbed Fe(II) to the process of contaminant reduction has been neglected while discussing the whole process of contaminant reduction in the presence of bimetallics.
authors.affiliation: Angewandte Geologie, Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 3, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany. cnoubac@gwdg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Noubactep
mesh_terms: D002713:Chlorine / Q000737:chemistry*; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000737:chemistry*; D007306:Insecticides; D007501:Iron; D007854:Lead; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D007306:Insecticides; D007854:Lead; D002713:Chlorine; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D007501:Iron