Kinetic and mechanistic investigation of photocatalytic degradation of the N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 231, Issue , 2013, Pages 314-325

  Antonopoulou, M ^a   Giannakas, A ^a   Deligiannakis, Y ^a   Konstantinou, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

DEET; Degradation mechanisms; EPR; High resolution mass spectroscopy; Photocatalysis; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

DEET; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; SCAVENGERS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

KINETICS;

EID: 84882236644     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.123     Document Type: Article

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