Kinetics of base-catalyzed dehydrochlorination of hexachlorocyclohexanes: I. Homogeneous systems

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 880-888

  Ren, Mingzhong ^a   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Huang, Weilin ^b   Liu, Xiangmei ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; PH EFFECTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS;

DEHYDROCHLORINATION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (HCH); PENTACHLOROCYCLOHEXENES (PCCHS); TRICHLOROBENZENE (TCB);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,2,3 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BASE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; LINDANE; PENTACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; DEHYDROCHLORINATION; ENERGY; KINETICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CATALYSIS; CHLORINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LINDANE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646577506     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0363     Document Type: Article

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