Mechanistic considerations for the degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by sonolysis: Effect of argon vs. oxygen saturated solutions

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 959-968

  Kim, Duk Kyung ^a   O'Shea, Kevin E ^b   Cooper, William J ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation mechanisms; MTBE; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; ARGON; BYPRODUCTS; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASONICS;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; LOW-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MTBE; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRASONIC DEGRADATION;

PYROLYSIS;

ARGON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN; PEROXIDE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SONOLYSIS; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84857790114     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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