Degradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene by persulfate activated with iron sulfides

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 641-646

  Oh, Seok Young ^a   Kang, Seung Gu ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^b   Chiu, Pei C ^c  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 dinitrotoluene; Iron sulfide; Persulfate; Pyrite; Sulfate radicals

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DINITROTOLUENE; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; HIGH REACTIVITY; IRON SULFIDE; LOW WATER; MODEL CONTAMINANT; NITROAROMATIC COMPOUND; PERSULFATE; RAPID DEGRADATION; REDUCTION PRODUCTS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; SULFATE RADICALS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; IMPURITIES; IRON;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 84860422209     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.023     Document Type: Article

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