Preparation, characterization and catalytic activity of a novel mesoporous nanocrystalline MgO nanoparticle for ozonation of acetaminophen as an emerging water contaminant

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 310, Issue , 2017, Pages 157-169

  Mashayekh Salehi, Ali ^a   Moussavi, Gholamreza ^a   Yaghmaeian, Kamyar ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalytic activity; Emerging contaminants; MgO; Mineralization; Ozonation; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CATALYSTS; CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPURITIES; MAGNESIA; MINERALOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; MAGNESIUM ACETATES; MINERALIZATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE MGO; WATER CONTAMINANTS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84998788182     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.10.096     Document Type: Article

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