Degradation of ethylene thiourea (ETU) with three Fenton treatment processes

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6149-6157

  Saltmiras, David A ^a   Lemley, Ann T ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene thiourea; ETU; Fenton; Hydroxyl; Oxidation; Radical

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ETHYLENE; RADICAL; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; WASTE;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ETHYLENETHIOUREA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0034522133     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf000084v     Document Type: Article

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