Degrading two endocrine-disrupting chemicals from water by UV irradiation with the presence of nanophotocatalysts

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 16-18, 2013, Pages 3505-3520

  Sin, Jin Chung ^a   Lam, Sze Mun ^a   Lee, Keat Teong ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Binary solutions; Degradation intermediates; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Phenol; Photocatalysis; Resorcinol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877882158     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.749379     Document Type: Article

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