A numerical investigation of oxygen concentration dependence on biodegradation rate laws in vapor intrusion

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2345-2354

  Yao, Yijun ^a,b   Shen, Rui ^b   Pennel, Kelly G ^b,c   Suuberg, Eric M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Brown University   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts Dartmouth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VAPOR; VAPOR INTRUSION; VAPORIZATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 84888327938     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00421j     Document Type: Article

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