Trihalomethane treatment using gamma irradiation: Kinetic modeling of single solute and mixtures

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 555-563

  Basfar, Ahmed A ^a   Khan, Hasan M ^a   Al Shahrani, Ahmed A ^a  

^a King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Energy Research Institute   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gamma irradiations; Kinetic modeling; Trihalomethanes; Water decontamination

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISTILLATION; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

BIMOLECULAR RATE CONSTANT; DISTILLED WATER; KINETIC MODELS;

GAMMA RAYS;

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; TRIHALOMETHANE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 9644281925     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.04.137     Document Type: Article

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