Polychromatic UV photon irradiance measurements using chemical actinometers based on NO3- and H2O2 Excitation: Applications for industrial photoreactors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3248-3253

  Goldstein, Sara ^a   Rabani, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL ACTINOMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DRINKING WATERS; EXCITATION WAVELENGTHS; FIRST-ORDER PROCESS; LIGHT INTENSITIES; MERCURY ARC LAMPS; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHTS; OH RADICALS; PHOTON IRRADIANCES; PHOTOPRODUCT; PHOTOREACTORS; POLYCHROMATIC LIGHTS; REACTION MECHANISMS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHTS; UV PHOTOLYSIS; UV PHOTONS;

FREE RADICALS; LIGHTING; MERCURY (METAL); METALLIC GLASS; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTONS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; WATER; NITRITE;

DISINFECTION; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRIC ACID; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACTINOMETER; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOREACTOR; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 52049100628     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702563b     Document Type: Article

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