UV treatment of chlorophenols in water using UV microwave lamps and XeBr excilamp coupled with biodegradation

Water Resources Research Progress

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 101-126

  Christofi, N ^a   Matafonova, G G ^b   Batoev, V B ^b   Misakyan, M A ^c   Barkhudarov, E M ^c   Kossyi, I A ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BAIKAL INSTITUTE OF NATURE MANAGEMENT   (Russian Federation)

^c PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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