Radiation induced decomposition of methyl tert-butyl ether in water in presence of chloroform: Kinetic modelling

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2085-2095

  Basfar, Ahmed A ^a   Khan, Hasan M ^a,b   Al Shahrani, Ahmed A ^a   Cooper, William J ^c  

^a King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroform; Gamma irradiation; Kinetic modeling; MTBE

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DECOMPOSITION; GAMMA RAYS; MIXTURES; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER;

BIOMOLECULAR RATE CONSTANTS; CHLOROFORM; METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER; NATURAL WATERS;

ETHERS;

CHLOROFORM; COBALT 60; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; WATER;

KINETICS; MTBE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOMPOSITION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; KINETICS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 20344381575     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.02.019     Document Type: Article

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