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Chem. Mater. 2002, 14, 5140-5147
Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroethylene to Hydrocarbons Using Bimetallic Nickel-Iron Nanoparticles Bettina Schrick, Jennifer L. Blough, A. Daniel Jones, and Thomas E. Mallouk* Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Received July 12, 2002. Revised Manuscript Received October 8, 2002
High surface-area nickel-iron nanoparticles (1:3 Ni:Fe) have been studied as a reagent for the dehalogenation of trichloroethylene (TCE). Ni-Fe (0.1 g) nanoparticles reduced TCE from a 40-mL saturated aqueous solution (24 ppm) to
