Photolytic degradation of decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE)

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 844-849

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Chen, Shejun ^a   Nie, Xin ^a,b   Tian, Mi ^a,b   Luo, Xiaojun ^a   An, Taicheng ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Debromination; Decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE); Photolytic degradation; Transformation mechanism

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANTS; IRRADIATION; METHANOL; ORGANIC ACIDS; REACTION RATES; SILICA; SILICA GEL;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; PHOTOLYTIC DEGRADATIONS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

HEXANE;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; ETHANE; HEXANE; HUMIC ACID; METHANOL; SILICA GEL; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ETHANE; ETHER; HUMIC ACID; METHANOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; KINETICS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 84865052478     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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