Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by microwave-activated persulfate: Kinetics, mechanism and acute toxicity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 249, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-14

  Qi, Chengdu ^a   Liu, Xitao ^a   Lin, Chunye ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Tan, Haobo ^a   Ye, Wan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Microwave; Persulfate; Sulfamethoxazole; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; MECHANISMS; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVES;

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; DEGRADATION INTERMEDIATES; PERSULFATE; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX);

TOXICITY;

EID: 84897949633     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.086     Document Type: Article

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