Effect of substrate concentration on the biotransformation of carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane under anaerobic condition

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 577-586

  Doong, Ruey An ^a   Wu, Shian Chee ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,1,1 trichloroethane; Auxiliary substrate; Biotransformation; Carbon tetrachloride; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Reductive dechlorination; Second order rate coefficient

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; ACETIC ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECHLORINATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030031429     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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