Insights into the Photoproduction Sites of Hydroxyl Radicals by Dissolved Organic Matter in Natural Waters

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 352-356

  Sun, Luni ^a   Qian, Jianguo ^b   Blough, Neil V ^c   Mopper, Kenneth ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS;

4-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; COMPETITION KINETIC; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; PHOTOPRODUCTIONS; SUBSTITUTED PHENOL;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 84969164632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00294     Document Type: Article

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