title: Comment on "Reductive dechlorination of γ-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 (γ-hexachloro-cyclohexane) reductive dechlorination by Fe/Pd bimetallics to point out that many other of published works in several journals do 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 the author's view that the contribution of adsorbed Fe(II) to the process of contaminant reduction has been neglected while discussing the entire process of contaminant reduction in the presence of bimetallics.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Noubactep
mesh_terms: D002713:Chlorine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002713:Chlorine; D001556:Hexachlorocyclohexane; D010165:Palladium; D007501:Iron