World Environmental Congress and Second International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Air Treatment, London, Ontario, Canada, 12-16 September 1995: Photocatalytic treatment of humic substances in drinking water

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1223-1226

  Eggins, Brian R ^a   Palmer, Fiona L ^a   Byrne, J Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Humic substances; Semiconductor photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; HUMIC ACID; MERCURY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLORIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIGHT; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEMICONDUCTOR; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HUMIC ACID; MERCURY LAMP; MINERALIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS;

POTABLE WATER;

WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030890403     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(96)00341-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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