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Nitrat e (NO3
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) i s per vasi ve i n t he bi ospher e[ 1, 2]. Cont emporar y agri cult ural pr acti ces are
a mong t he maj or ant hr opogeni c sources of r eacti ve nitrogen speci es, wher e nitrat ei s t he most abundant of
t hese [ 2]. Excessi ve a mount s of r eacti ve nitrogen i n soil s and gr oundwat er ar e creati ng si gnifi cant t hr eat s t o
hu man healt h and saf et y [ 3] as well as a host of undesirabl e environment al i mpact s [ 2]; it i s curr ently
consi der ed t he second most r el evant environment al i ssue, aft er car bon di oxide e mi ssi ons. Nowadays,
a mong t he most r el evant and pr omi si ng appr oaches t o r educe nitrat e concentrati on i n wat er, na mel y
gr oundwat er, ar e denitrifi cati on- based pr ocesses [ 4]. Per meabl e r eacti ve barri ers ( PRB) have been pr oven
eff ecti ve i n r educi ng vari ous cont ami nant s i n copi ous a mount s, parti cul arl y i n shall ow gr oundwat er [ 5].
However t he possi bl e added eff ecti veness of usi ng nanoparti cl es i n t hese structur es t o obt ai n nitrogen gas
from nitrat es requires f urt her i nvesti gati on.
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ESTSP - Instituto Politécnico do Porto