Palladium-gold nanoparticles clean TCE a billion times faster than iron filings
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 16:00
in Physics & Chemistry
In the first side-by-side tests of a half-dozen palladium- and iron-based catalysts for cleaning up the carcinogen TCE, scientists have found that palladium destroys TCE far faster than iron -- up to a billion times faster in some cases.