Degradation of selected pesticide active ingredients and commercial formulations in water by the photo-assisted Fenton reaction

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1238-1246

  Huston, Patrick L ^a,b   Pignatello, Joseph J ^a  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Ferric ion; Hazardous waste; Herbicide; Hydrogen peroxide; Insecticide; Pesticide; Photo Fenton

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INSECTICIDES; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS;

ADJUVANT; PHOTO-ASSISTED FENTON REACTION;

WATER TREATMENT;

ALACHLOR; ALDICARB; ATRAZINE; AZINPHOS METHYL; CAPTAN; CARBOFURAN; DICAMBA; DISULFOTON; GLYPHOSATE; MALATHION; METHOXYCHLOR; METOLACHLOR; PESTICIDE; PICLORAM; SIMAZINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033121079     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00330-3     Document Type: Article

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