Aqueous metronidazole degradation by UV/H2O2 process in single-and multi-lamp tubular photoreactors: Kinetics and reactor design

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6525-6537

  Johnson, Melody Blythe ^a   Mehrvar, Mehrab ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC MODELLING; METRONIDAZOLE;

SULFATE MINERALS;

EID: 51849125454     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie071637v     Document Type: Conference Paper

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