Photodegradation of nonylphenol in water under both natural and simulated sunlight

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 12 A, 2010, Pages 2966-2973

  Gao, Yajie ^a,b   Zhang, Xian ^a,c   Yan, Changzhou ^a   Li, Guoxin ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (edcs); Nonylphenol (np); Photodegradation

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HUMIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRRADIATION; PHENOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 79952610118     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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