Dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers using a hybrid bioinorganic catalyst

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 314-318

  Harrad, Stuart ^a   Robson, Matthew ^a,b   Hazrati, Sadegh ^a   Baxter Plant, Victoria S ^a   Deplanche, Kevin ^a   Redwood, Mark D ^a   Macaskie, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN; PALLADIUM; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BIOCATALYST; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BROMINATION; CHLORINATION; DEHALOGENATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PALLADIUM; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

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EID: 34047270763     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b616567b     Document Type: Article

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