Comparison of Benzene & Toluene removal from synthetic polluted air with use of Nano photocatalytic TiO2/ ZNO process

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gholami, Mitra ^a,b   Nassehinia, Hamid Reza ^b   Jonidi Jafari, Ahmad ^a   Nasseri, Simin ^b   Esrafili, Ali ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benzene; Toluene; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM; TOLUENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84904655020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-45     Document Type: Article

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