Identification of structural properties associated with polychlorinated biphenyl dechlorination processes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2842-2848

  Hughes, Amanda S ^a   Vanbriesen, Jeanne M ^a   Small, Mitchell J ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED CONGENERS; CHLORINE ATOM; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CONTAMINATED SITES; DECHLORINATION PATHWAY; IN-FIELD; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY STUDIES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DECHLORINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CLASSIFICATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; DECHLORINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHLORINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 77950961972     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902109w     Document Type: Article

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