Performance of a novel microwave-based treatment technology for atrazine removal and destruction: Sorbent reusability and chemical stability, and effect of water matrices

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 299, Issue , 2015, Pages 444-452

  Hu, Erdan ^a   Hu, Yuanan ^a   Cheng, Hefa ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Iron exchanged zeolite; Microwave induced degradation; Regeneration; Sorptive removal; Water matrices

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COPPER; DEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; IRON; MICROPOROSITY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; ORGANIC CARBON; REUSABILITY; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSITION METALS; ZEOLITES;

ATRAZINE REMOVAL; CONTAMINATED SURFACE WATER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROWAVE-INDUCED; REGENERATION; SORPTION CAPACITIES; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WATER MATRICES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ATRAZINE; GROUND WATER; SORBENT; SURFACE WATER; TRANSITION ELEMENT; WATER; ZEOLITE;

ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HUMIC ACID; IRON; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MINERALIZATION; SURFACE AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84939250367     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.031     Document Type: Article

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