Application of solar advanced oxidation processes to the degradation of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1032-1039

  Gonzalez O ^a   Sans, C ^a   Esplugas, S ^a   Malato, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DRUG OXIDATION; DRUG SOLUTION; FENTON REACTION; LIGHT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUNLIGHT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 68149100649     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b822658j     Document Type: Article

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