Application of a congener-specific debromination model to study photodebromination, anaerobic microbial debromination, and FE0 reduction of polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 770-778

  Zeng, Xia ^a   Massey Simonich, Staci L ^a   Robrock, Kristin R ^b   Korytár, Peter ^c   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^b   Barofsky, Douglas F ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic microbial debromination; Model; Photodegradation; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES;

ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL DEBROMINATION; BOND DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; DEBROMINATION; DIPHENYL ETHER; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENTHALPIES OF FORMATION; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MODEL PREDICTION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRODUCT CONCENTRATION; REACTION TIME; TECHNICAL MIXTURES; THEORETICAL VALUES; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

RATE CONSTANTS;

IRON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL; PBDE; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEBROMINATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

TETRA;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 77951044055     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.119     Document Type: Article

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