Heat-activated persulfate oxidation of atrazine: Implications for remediation of groundwater contaminated by herbicides

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-54

  Ji, Yuefei ^a   Dong, Changxun ^a   Kong, Deyang ^b   Lu, Junhe ^a   Zhou, Quansuo ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Degradation pathways; Heat activated persulfate oxidation; Sulfate radical; Transformation mechanisms

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION; WEED CONTROL;

ACTIVATED PERSULFATE; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; SULFATE RADICALS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS;

HERBICIDES;

EID: 84912033642     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.097     Document Type: Article

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