Catalytic role of palladium and relative reactivity of substituted chlorines during adsorption and treatment of PCBs on reactive activated carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7510-7515

  Choi, Hyeok ^a,c   Al Abed, Souhail R ^a   Agarwal, Shirish ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC ROLE; CONTAMINATED SITES; COPLANAR PCBS; DECOMPOSITION PATHWAY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYST; ELECTROPHILIC ATTACK; HYDRODECHLORINATION; INDUCTIVE EFFECTS; LIMITING FACTORS; ORTHO POSITION; PCB CONGENERS; PHENYL RINGS; PRIMARY ELECTRON DONOR; RELATIVE REACTIVITIES; SUBSTRATE EFFECTS; SURFACE INTERACTIONS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PALLADIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE; IRON; PALLADIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DECHLORINATION; DECOMPOSITION; PALLADIUM; PCB; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PALLADIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 70349619412     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901298b     Document Type: Article

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