Mechanism and kinetic study on the OH-initiated degradation of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorinated dibenzofuran in atmosphere

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 435-436, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-60

  Zhang, Chenxi ^a   Zhao, Yuyang ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Gong, Chen ^a   Sun, Xiaomin ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 TeCDF; Atmospheric lifetime; Degradation mechanism; OH initiated; Rate constant

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8-TECDF; ARRHENIUS FORMULA; ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DIBENZOFURANS; ELEMENTARY REACTION; FURAN RING; HIGH-ACCURACY; MECHANISM AND KINETICS; MODEL SIMULATION; OH RADICAL; OH-INITIATED; REACTION PATHWAYS; REACTION SPECIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

DEGRADATION; FREE RADICALS; ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DIBENZOFURAN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BENZOFURANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIOXINS; FURANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER;

EID: 84864400514     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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