Kinetic modeling of carbon tetrachloride, chloroform and methylene chloride removal from aqueous solution using the electron beam process

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Mak, Fei T ^a   Zele, Sarita R ^a   Cooper, William J ^a   Kurucz, Charles N ^b   Waite, Thomas D ^b   Nickelsen, Michael G ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c High Voltage Environ Applic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon tetrachloride; Chloroform and methylene chloride; E beam; Kinetic modeling

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; GROUND WATER;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREE RADICALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; PEROXIDES; PH EFFECTS; REACTION KINETICS;

CHLOROFORM; ELECTRON BEAM PROCESS; METHYLENE CHLORIDE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; REMOVAL;

EID: 0030617334     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00264-3     Document Type: Article

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