TiO2 Photocatalysis for Indoor Air Applications: Effects of Humidity and Trace Contaminant Levels on the Oxidation Rates of Formaldehyde, Toluene, and 1,3-Butadiene

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1223-1231

  Obee, Timothy N ^a   Brown, Robert T ^a  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATALYSTS; CONTAMINATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INDOOR AIR CONTAMINANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TRACE CONTAMINANT LEVELS;

FORMALDEHYDE;

1,3 BUTADIENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MERCURY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; WATER;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OXIDATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0029294212     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es00005a013     Document Type: Article

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