Photocatalytic oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Intermediates identification and toxicity testing

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1192-1199

  Woo, O T ^a   Chung, W K ^a   Wong, K H ^a   Chow, Alex T ^a,b,c   Wong, P K ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetone; GC MS analysis; Photocatalysis; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; The Microtox test

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; GC-MS ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC POLLUTANTS; LOCALIZATION ENERGY; LOW WATER; MICROTOX; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PRESENCE OF WATER; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICITY TESTING; UV LIGHT; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

ACETONE; ANTHRACENE; DEGRADATION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLUBILITY; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ACETONE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACETONE; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRRADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; OXIDATION; PAH; PHENANTHRENE; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DETOXIFICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

CATALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67649667321     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.170     Document Type: Article

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