Sonochemical Degradation of Pharmaceutical Wastewater

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-141

  Sivakumar, Ramalingam ^a   Muthukumar, Karuppan ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Additives; Kinetics; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Sonolysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; DRUG; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PH; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

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EID: 79951637043     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200900289     Document Type: Article

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