Carbon and chlorine isotope effects during abiotic reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated ethanes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4662-4668

  Hofstetter, Thomas B ^a,d   Reddy, Christopher M ^a   Heraty, Linnea J ^b   Berg, Michael ^c   Sturchio, Neil C ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSFORMATION; KINETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS (KIE);

CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; ETHANE; FRACTIONATION;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; ETHANE; HEXACHLOROETHANE; ISOTOPE; PENTACHLOROETHANE; REDUCING AGENT; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; ETHANE; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORINE ISOTOPE; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECHLORINATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; REDUCTION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINE; ETHANE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 34447272201     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0704028     Document Type: Article

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