Comparative studies on TiO2/ZnO photocatalyzed degradation of 4-chlorocatechol and bleach mill effluents

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 196-204

  Dhir, Amit ^a   Prakash, Nagaraja Tejo ^a   Sud, Dhiraj ^b  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

4 Chlorocatechol; Bleach mill effluents; COD; Photocatalysis; Sodium hypochlorite; Titanium dioxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862124012     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.677521     Document Type: Article

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