Photo-assisted electrochemical degradation of the commercial herbicide atrazine

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2729-2736

  Malpass, G R P ^a   Miwa, D W ^b   Gomes, L ^b   Azevedo, E B ^b   Vilela, W F D ^b   Fukunaga, M T ^c   Guimaraes, J R ^c   Bertazzoli, R ^c   Machado, S A S ^b   Motheo, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Electrochemical degradation; Photo assisted degradation; Phytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE CONCENTRATIONS; ATRAZINE REMOVAL; ATRAZINES; COMBINED METHOD; DEGRADATION STUDY; DIMENSIONALLY STABLE ANODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROLYTE FLOWS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ISOLATED SYSTEMS; LOW CURRENT DENSITY; NOMINAL COMPOSITION; PHOTO-ASSISTED DEGRADATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PROTOTYPE REACTORS;

DEGRADATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; ELECTROLYTE;

ATRAZINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; PHOSPHORITE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYTOTOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; DENSITY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLOW RATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

ATRAZINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; HERBICIDES; LETTUCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOLYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78751500693     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.207     Document Type: Article

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