Reductive Dechlorination of PCBs Using Photocatalyzed UV Light

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Ghosh, Jyoti P ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a   Langford, Cooper H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deaerated environment; Hexachloroplatinate; Photocatalyst; Photochemistry; TiO2

Indexed keywords

DECHLORINATION; IRRADIATION; PCB; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 84860709183     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100186     Document Type: Article

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