Modeling the reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins: Kinetics, pathway, and equivalent toxicity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5327-5332

  Kim, Ji Hun ^a   Tratnyek, Paul G ^b   Kim, Jae Hwan ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZO P DIOXINS; LINEAR FREE-ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REDUCTIVE DECHLORINATION; TOXIC EQUIVALENT QUANTITIES; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

DECHLORINATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RATE CONSTANTS; TOXICITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

IRON; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

CALIBRATION; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PCDD; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROCESS MODEL; REDUCTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CHLORINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67650422594     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900018w     Document Type: Article

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