Quantification of hydroxyl radicals on cementitious materials by fluorescence spectrophotometry as a method to assess the photocatalytic activity

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-115

  Jimenez Relinque, E ^a   Castellote, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN EDUARDO TORROJA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cement (D); Fluorescence (B); Hydroxyl radicals; Photocatalytic activity (C); Terephthalic acid

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS; CEMENTS (D); FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; HYDROXYL RADICALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84929175837     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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