Radiolytic degradation of atrazine aqueous solution containing humic substances

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 948-953

  Basfar, A A ^a   Mohamed, K A ^a   Al Abduly, A J ^a   Al Shahrani, A A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Irradiation; Atrazine; Herbicide; Mass balances; Water decontamination

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; COBALT 60; HERBICIDE; SCAVENGER; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATRAZINE; DEGRADATION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IRRADIATION; MASS BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; IONIZING RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOLYTIC DEGRADATION;

ATRAZINE; DECONTAMINATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GAMMA RAYS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBICIDES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 59149104895     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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