Kinetic and mechanism investigation on the photochemical degradation of atrazine with activated H2O2, S2O82- and HSO5-

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 252, Issue , 2014, Pages 393-403

  Khan, Javed Ali ^a,b   He, Xuexiang ^b   Shah, Noor S ^a,b   Khan, Hasan M ^a   Hapeshi, Evroula ^c   Fatta Kassinos, Despo ^c   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); Atrazine; Degradation mechanism; Hydroxyl radical; Second order rate constant; Sulfate radical

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HERBICIDES; PEROXIDES; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; HYDROXYL RADICALS; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SULFATE RADICALS;

POLYOLS;

EID: 84901677725     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.04.104     Document Type: Article

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