Gibbs free energy of formation of chlordecone and potential degradation products: Implications for remediation strategies and environmental fate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8131-8139

  Dolfing, Jan ^a   Novak, Igor ^b   Archelas, Alain ^c   MacArie, Hervé ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; CHLORDECONE; CLEAN UP; DECHLORINATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GIBBS FREE ENERGY OF FORMATION; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; ORGANOHALOGENS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REDOX POTENTIALS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; STOCKHOLM;

CALCULATIONS; CHLORINE; DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REDOX REACTIONS;

INSECTICIDES;

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHLORDECONE;

DECHLORINATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FERMENTATION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDOX POTENTIAL; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DECHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HALOGENATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHLORDECONE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERMENTATION; PESTICIDES; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84864657777     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301165p     Document Type: Article

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