Combined photocatalytic and fungal treatment for the destruction of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT)

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1481-1491

  Hess, Thomas F ^a   Lewis, Thomas A ^a   Crawford, Ronald L ^a   Katamneni, Sudhakar ^a   Wells, John H ^a   Watts, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineralization; P. chrysosporium; Photocatalysis; Photochemical reduction; TiO2; TNT

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CATALYSIS; FUNGI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FUNGAL TREATMENT; MINERALIZATION; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REDUCTION; TRINITROTOLUENE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON 14; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRACER; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FUNGUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; PHANEROCHAETE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 0345487495     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00364-3     Document Type: Article

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