The effect of wavelength and pH on the direct photolysis of chlorophenols by ultraviolet excilamps

Engineering Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Matafonova, Galina ^a   Philippova, Natalya ^b   Batoev, Valeriy ^a  

^a BAIKAL INSTITUTE OF NATURE MANAGEMENT   (Russian Federation)

^b BURYAT STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aqueous solution; Chlorophenols; Degradation; Direct photolysis; Excilamp; UV dose

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952320829     PISSN: 1816093X     EISSN: 18160948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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