Removal of Cr(VI) and humic acid by heterogeneous photocatalysis in a laboratory reactor and a pilot reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 9468-9474

  D C Cid, Lucía ^a   D C Grande, María ^a   Acosta, Eduardo O ^a   Ginzberg, Berta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT KINETICS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; HUMIC ACID; KINETIC DETERMINATION; KINETIC STUDY; LABORATORY REACTORS; PILOT REACTORS; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84863922126     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie2010687     Document Type: Article

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