The pathway of dechlorination of PCB congener by a photochemical chain process in 2-propanol: The role of medium and quenching

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1328-1334

  Izadifard, Maryam ^a   Achari, Gopal ^a   Langford, Cooper H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 Propanol; Chain reaction; Electron transfer; Hemolytic photolysis; Quenching

Indexed keywords

DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; MINE FLOODING; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PROPANOL; RATE CONSTANTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

2-PROPANOL; ANION RADICALS; BOND FISSIONS; CHAIN PROCESSES; CHAIN REACTION; CHAIN REACTIONS; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DECHLORINATION PATHWAYS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFERS; HEMOLYTIC PHOTOLYSIS; HIGHLY EFFICIENT; HOMOLYSIS; INTER SYSTEMS; OVERALL RATES; OXYGEN QUENCHING; PCB CONGENERS; REACTION PATHS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATIONS; RELATIVE RATES;

QUENCHING;

2 PROPANOL; ANION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

DECHLORINATION; PCB; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

2-PROPANOL; ACETONE; HALOGENATION; HEXANES; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 54049100698     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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