Redox reactivity of organically complexed iron(II) species with aquatic contaminants

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2011, Pages 283-313

  Strathmann, Timothy J ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBOXYLATION; CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; LIGANDS;

AQUATIC CONTAMINANTS; ENHANCED REACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HALOGENATED ALKANES; LINEAR FREE ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; STANDARD REDUCTION POTENTIALS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84880093126     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1071.ch014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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