Rapid reductive dechlorination of atrazine by zero-valent iron under acidic conditions

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-27

  Dombek, T ^a   Dolan, E ^a   Schultz, J ^a   Klarup, D ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Dechlorination; Degradation; Herbicide; Iron

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; IRON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PROTON TRANSPORT;

ACIDS; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0002352103     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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