Photocatalytic degradation of 17α-ethinylestradiol in mono- and binary systems of fulvic acid and Fe(III): Application of fluorescence excitation/emission matrixes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 237, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-108

  Li, Si ^a   Sun, Weiling ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol; Excitation emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence; Ferric ion; Fulvic acid; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FERRIC IONS; FLUORESCENCE EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FULVIC ACIDS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER REACTION; REGIONAL INTEGRATION;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SYSTEMS (METALLURGICAL);

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84886610726     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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