Optimization and Modeling of the Photocatalytic Degradation of the Insect Repellent DEET in Aqueous TiO2 Suspensions

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 593-600

  Antonopoulou, Maria ^a   Konstantinou, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Central composite design; N,N Diethyl m toluamide; Photocatalysis; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIATION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REPELLENT;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84878636017     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200405     Document Type: Article

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