Advanced oxidation of the commercial nonionic surfactant octylphenol polyethoxylate Triton™ X-45 by the persulfate/UV-C process: Effect of operating parameters and kinetic evaluation

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Arslan Alaton, Idil ^a   Olmez Hanci, Tugba ^a   Genç, Bora ^a   Dursun, Duygu ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); Competitive kinetics; Hydrogen peroxide UV C process; Hydroxyl radical; Nonionic surfactant; Octylphenol polyethoxylate; Persulfate UV C process; Sulfate radical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987618956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2013.00004     Document Type: Article

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