Photoassisted hetero-Fenton mineralisation of azo dyes by Fe(II)-Al2O3 catalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Muthukumari, B ^a   Selvam, K ^a   Muthuvel, I ^a   Swaminathan, M ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Al2O3; Direct Red 23; Ferrous sulfate; Heterogeneous photo Fenton; Reactive Orange 4

Indexed keywords

AL2O3; DIRECT RED 23; FERROUS SULFATE; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTO-FENTON; REACTIVE ORANGE 4;

AZO DYES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 67651103042     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2009.05.030     Document Type: Article

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