Predicting reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by nanoscale zerovalent iron and its implications for environmental risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1553-1557

  Kim, Eun Ju ^a   Kim, Jae Hwan ^a   Kim, Ji Hun ^a   Bokare, Varima ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dioxin like activity; Nanoscale zerovalent iron (nZVI); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR); Reductive debromination

Indexed keywords

IRON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REDOX REACTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIOXIN-LIKE ACTIVITIES; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; REDUCTIVE DEBROMINATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

IRON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

DIOXIN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; IRON; PBDE; PREDICTION; REDOX POTENTIAL; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEBROMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REDUCTIVE DEBROMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

DIOXIN-LIKE ACTIVITY; NANOSCALE ZEROVALENT IRON (NZVI); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP (QSAR); REDUCTIVE DEBROMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; IRON; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84891739981     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.038     Document Type: Article

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