Photochemical defluorination of aqueous perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) by VUV/Fe3+ system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 239, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-249

  Cheng, Jian hua ^a   Liang, Xiao yan ^a   Yang, She wei ^a   Hu, Yong you ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Defluorination; Ferric ion; PFOA; Vacuum ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM; DEFLUORINATION; FERRIC IONS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFOA; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS;

METAL IONS; VACUUM;

DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 84890352768     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.11.023     Document Type: Article

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