Ab initio study of carbon-chlorine bond cleavage in carbon tetrachloride

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 612-617

  Zhang, Nianliu ^a   Blowers, Paul ^a   Farrell, James ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; GROUNDWATER; NEGATIVE IONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOLVENTS;

BOND DISTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; REACTION ENERGY; REACTION PATHWAYS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORIDE ION; CHLORINE; SOLVENT;

DECHLORINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SOLVENT;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARBON; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CORROSION; IRON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLVENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 12344303096     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049480a     Document Type: Article

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