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Title: Emerging investigator series: low doses of electron beam irradiation effectively degrade 1,4-dioxane in water within a few seconds

Journal Article · · Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EW00111C · OSTI ID:1989763
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
  2. New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA, Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
  3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
  4. New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA, Department of Civil Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA

The application of electron beam technology for water treatment has been proposed as a faster & safer approach to decomposing persistent contaminants, because it can rapidly generate high amounts of both oxidizing and reducing reactive species without added chemicals.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0020277
OSTI ID:
1989763
Journal Information:
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 9; ISSN ESWRAR; ISSN 2053-1400
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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