Bleaching of Methylene Blue by Hydrated Titanium Dioxide

ScienceAsia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-156

  Randorn, Chamnan ^a   Wongnawa, Sumpun ^b   Boonsin, Phadoong ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

adsorption.; amorphous titanium dioxide; dye degradation; methylene blue; photocatalyst; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644639329     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2004.30.149     Document Type: Article

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