Photodegradation performance of 1,1,1-trichloroethane in aqueous solution: In the presence and absence of persulfate

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-35

  Gu, Xiaogang ^a   Lu, Shuguang ^a   Qiu, Zhaofu ^a   Sui, Qian ^a   Banks, Charles J ^b   Imai, Tsuyoshi ^c   Lin, Kuangfei ^a   Luo, Qishi ^d  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

1,1,1 Trichloroethane; Groundwater remediation; Persulfate; Photochemistry; VUV

Indexed keywords

1 ,1 ,1-TRICHLOROETHANES; 1 ,1-DICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLORIDE IONS; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; DEGRADATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CHLORINE; PERCHLOROETHYLENE; PERSULFATE; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER KINETIC MODELS; SOLUTION PH; VUV; VUV IRRADIATION;

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINE; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

DICHLOROMETHANE;

EID: 84870168561     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.132     Document Type: Article

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