Insight into Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) stable isotope fractionation from abiotic beference experiments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5693-5700

  Elsner, Martin ^a,b   Mckelvie, Jennifer ^a   Couloume, Georges Lacrampe ^a   Lollar, Barbara Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; ETHERS; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE EFFECTS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ISOTOPE; METHYL GROUP; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ETHERS; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPES; OXIDATION;

BIODEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; ISOTOPE; MTBE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXIDATION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FRACTIONATION; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METHYL ETHERS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES;

EID: 34548085959     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070531o     Document Type: Article

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