Degradation and Phase Partition of Methyl Iodide in Soil

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4001-4008

  Gan, Jianying ^a   Yates, Scott R ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Degradation; Methyl bromide; Methyl iodide; Photohydrolysis; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000898595     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960413c     Document Type: Article

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