Reductive dechlorination of chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons in sewage sludge and aquifer sediment microcosms

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-373

  Balsiger, Christian ^a   Holliger, Christof ^a   Höhener, Patrick ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Chlorofluorocarbons; Dehalogenation; Marcus theory; Refrigerants

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; DEHALOGENATION; REFRIGERANTS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOTRANSFORMATION; MARCUS THEORY;

DECHLORINATION;

1 CHLORO 1 FLUOROETHANE; 1 CHLORO 1,1 DIFLUOROETHANE; 1,1,2 TRICHLORO 1,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLORO 1,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHANE; CHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROHYDROCARBON; CHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE; CRYOFLUORANE; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; DICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; ETHYLENE; FLUOROMETHANE; NORFLURANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AQUIFER; CFC; DECHLORINATION; SEWAGE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGENOLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOSM; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 25144486779     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.02.087     Document Type: Article

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