Phenomenological and spectroscopic analysis on the effects of sediment ageing and organic carbon on the fate of a PCB congener spiked to sediment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 239-240, Issue , 2012, Pages 325-332

  Choi, Hyeok ^a   Nfodzo, Prince A ^a   Lawal, Wasiu A ^b   Al Abed, Souhail R ^c   Seo, Youngwoo ^d  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing and organic carbon; Aquatic sediment; Fate and transport; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sorption and desorption

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBIPHENYL; AGEING EFFECTS; AGEING TIME; AQUATIC SEDIMENTS; AQUATIC SOLUTIONS; FATE AND TRANSPORT; INFRARED ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CONTENT; PCB CONGENERS; PHYSICAL ADSORPTION; SEDIMENT MATRICES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; SORPTION SITES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMORPHOUS CARBON; DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SEDIMENTS;

2 CHLOROBIPHENYL; AMORPHOUS ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; HYDROGEN; IRON; ORGANIC CARBON; PALLADIUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; REACTIVE ACTIVATED CARBON; SOOT CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PCB; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REACTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AGING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DECHLORINATION; DESORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; LAKE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION KINETICS; REACTION TIME;

ADSORPTION; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84867695321     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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