Degradation of metronidazole in aqueous solution by nano-ZnO/UV photocatalytic process

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 25-27, 2014, Pages 4947-4952

  Farzadkia, Mahdi ^a   Esrafili, Ali ^a   Baghapour, Mohammad Ali ^b   Shahamat, Yousef Dadban ^a,c   Okhovat, Niloofar ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Metronidazole; Nano ZnO UV; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84906075410     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.810322     Document Type: Article

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