Degradation of Terphetalic Acid from Petrochemical Wastewater by Ozonation and O3/ZnO Processes in Semi Batch Reactor

Aref Shokri
2017 Archives of Hygiene Sciences  
Terephthalic acid (TPA) is commonly employed as a raw material for different petrochemical products such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyester films, bottles, and textile fibres. Also, it has been used as an additive to produce medicines, dyes, synthetic perfumes, pesticides, and other chemical compounds. The TPA and its esters are doubted to cause cancer, urinary blander, tumor promoters, endocrine disruption and renal damage (1). Thus, wastewater that holds these
doi:10.29252/archhygsci.6.4.348 fatcat:5uyfbbjx7rgk5jnjblfxp2at7q