The sonolytic destruction of methyl tert-butyl ether present in contaminated groundwater

Water Environment Research

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 545-556

  Hung, Hui Ming ^a   Kang, Joon Wun ^b   Hoffmann, Michael R ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrogen peroxide; Methyl tert butyl ether; Ozone; Sonolysis; Ultrasonic irradiation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; RESONATORS; SONOCHEMISTRY;

CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; RADIAL-TUBE RESONATOR; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION;

ETHERS;

BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; CARCINOGEN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ALKALINITY; CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; RESONATORS; SONOCHEMISTRY;

DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRADIATION; MTBE; OXIDATION; OZONE; RADICAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; ULTRASOUND; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CARCINOGENS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDANTS; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OZONE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ULTRASONICS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0036878854     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143002X140350     Document Type: Article

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