Carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen isotope fractionation during light-induced transformations of atrazine

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7751-7756

  Hartenbach, Akané E ^a   Hofstetter, Thomas B ^a   Tentscher, Peter R ^a   Canonica, Silvio ^b   Berg, Michael ^b   Schwarzenbach, René P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CARRIER MOBILITY; FREE RADICALS; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS;

AGRO-CHEMICALS; ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; ATRAZINE; DIRECT PHOTOLYSISES; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; EXCITED TRIPLET STATES; H ABSTRACTIONS; H BONDS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE EFFECTS; ISOTOPE ENRICHMENTS; LABORATORY MODELS; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC ISOTOPE EFFECTS; MODEL COMPOUNDS; N FRACTIONATIONS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OH RADICALS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOTRANSFORMATION;

FRACTIONATION;

ATRAZINE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN 15;

AGROCHEMICAL; ATRAZINE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL BONDING; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KETONE; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION;

ATRAZINE; BENZOPHENONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; HERBICIDES; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; LIGHT; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 55349128883     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800356h     Document Type: Article

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