Photocatalytic degradation of five sulfonylurea herbicides in aqueous semiconductor suspensions under natural sunlight

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 954-961

  Fenoll, José ^a   Hellín, Pilar ^a   Flores, Pilar ^a   Martínez, Carmen María ^a   Navarro, Simón ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic oxidation; Semiconductor materials; Sulfonylurea herbicides; Water detoxification

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; HERBICIDES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; PILOT PLANTS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TIN OXIDES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; WEED CONTROL; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD MODELS; PESTICIDE CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; SULFONYLUREA HERBICIDES; WATER DETOXIFICATIONS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHLORSULFURON; FLAZASULFURON; HERBICIDE; NICOSULFURON; SULFONYLUREA; SULFOSULFURON; TIN OXIDE; TRIASULFURON; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; HERBICIDE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; OXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; SULFIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLANT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUNLIGHT; SUSPENSION;

EID: 84858753821     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.056     Document Type: Article

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