The role of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in the catalytic ozonation of atrazine

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 241, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-76

  Fan, Xiaolei ^a,c   Restivo, João ^b   Órfão, José J M ^b   Pereira, Manuel Fernando R ^b   Lapkin, Alexei A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); Atrazine; Catalytic ozonation; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; APPARENT RATE CONSTANT; ATRAZINE DEGRADATION; CATALYTIC OZONATION; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (MWCNTS); NANOTUBE CATALYSTS; REACTION PATHWAYS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; OZONE; OZONIZATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

HERBICIDES;

EID: 84891472836     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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