Kinetics and reaction pathways of formaldehyde degradation using the UV-Fenton method

Water Environment Research

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-426

  Liu, Xiangxuan ^a   Liang, Jiantao ^a   Wang, Xuanjun ^a  

^a XI'AN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Hydroxyl radicals; Kinetics; Reaction pathway; UV Fenton oxidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; ENZYME KINETICS; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION PRODUCTS;

ACTIVATION ENERGIES (EA); FORMALDEHYDE DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROXYL RADICALS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION PATHWAYS; UV FENTON;

OXIDATION;

FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOREACTOR; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; FENTON REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC WASTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79960317089     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12851009156204     Document Type: Article

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