Degradation of RDX by various advanced oxidation processes: I. Reaction rates

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 997-1004

  Bose, Purnendu ^a   Glaze, William H ^a   Maddox, D Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Integrated Science and Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DEGRADATION; EXPLOSIVES; NITROGEN; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; TRINITROTRIAZACYCLOHEXANE;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

CYCLONITE; EXPLOSIVE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032055056     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00307-2     Document Type: Article

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