Oxidative destruction of perfluorooctane sulfonate using boron-doped diamond film electrodes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6111-6115

  Carter, Kimberly E ^a   Farrell, James ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURRENT DENSITY; DIAMOND CUTTING TOOLS; DIAMOND FILMS; DIAMONDS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); ELECTRODES; METALLIZING; NONMETALS; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; ROTATING DISKS; SULFATE MINERALS;

BORON-DOPED DIAMOND; FILM ELECTRODES; FLOW-THROUGH; OXIDATION RATES; PARALLEL-PLATE FLOW; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODE; TRACE LEVELS; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; ZEROTH ORDER;

REACTION RATES;

BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAMOND; FLUORIDE; FLUOROACETIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BORON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAMOND; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OXIDATION; REACTION RATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILM; HALF LIFE TIME; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BORON; DIAMOND; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FLUOROCARBONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 49749147886     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es703273s     Document Type: Article

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