Heterogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of nitrotoluenes

Water Environment Research

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1238-1245

  Kumar, Shiva ^b,c   Davis, Allen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrotoluenes; pH; Photocatalytic oxidation; Reaction rates; Titanium dioxide; Ultraviolet irradiation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; IONS; NITRATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REACTION KINETICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HAMMETT RELATIONSHIP; LANGMUIR HINSHELWOOD CONSTANTS; NITROTOLUENES; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

NITRO DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031278758     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X125993     Document Type: Article

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