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Photochemical treatment of phenol aqueous solutions using ultraviolet radiation and hydrogen peroxide

S G Poulopoulos1, F Arvanitakis, C J Philippopoulos

  • 1School of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Process Engineering Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Heroon Politechneiou 9, Zographou Campus, 157 80 Athens, Greece.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
|October 12, 2005
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