Oxidative Destruction of Picric Acid in Aqueous Media by Fenton's Reagent

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-350

  Ikem, Abua ^a   Egiebor, Nosa O ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe2+ ions; Fenton's reagent; hydroxyl radicals; picric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949788730     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0023     Document Type: Article

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