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Dean C. Luehrs and Alex E. Roher

Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ 85351

Stephen W. Wright

Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340

J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (8), p 1290

DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1290

Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2007

Section:

History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

A convenient lecture demonstration of the Fenton reaction is presented with references to applications in medicine and environmental engineering.

Keywords (Audience):

Graduate Education / Research

Keywords (Domain):

Demonstrations

Keywords (Feature):

JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations

Keywords (Subject):

Applications of Chemistry

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