Catalytic degradation of brominated flame retardants by copper oxide nanoparticles

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 172-177

  Yecheskel, Yinon ^a   Dror, Ishai ^a   Berkowitz, Brian ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catalytic degradation; Debromination; Dibromophenol; Nanocopper oxide; Tribromoneopentyl alchohol

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROSPINNING; FLAME RETARDANTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REACTION KINETICS;

CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; DEBROMINATION; DIBROMOPHENOL; NANO-COPPER OXIDES; TRIBROMONEOPENTYL ALCHOHOL;

COPPER OXIDES;

2,4 DIBROMOPHENOL; BROMIDE; BROMINE; COPPER OXIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; SUPEROXIDE; TRIBROMONEOPENTANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COPPER; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; KINETICS; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEBROMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEHALOGENATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FENTON REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE;

CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; DEBROMINATION; DIBROMOPHENOL; NANOCOPPER OXIDE; TRIBROMONEOPENTYL ALCHOHOL;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; KINETICS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PROPANOLS;

EID: 84882637218     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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