Catalytic effects of functionalized carbon nanotubes on dehydrochlorination of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3856-3863

  Chen, Wei ^a   Chen, Weifeng ^a   Zhu, Dongqiang ^b   Zheng, Shourong ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON; KINETICS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

1 ,1 ,2 ,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE; ABIOTIC TRANSFORMATION; CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALITIES; TRANSFORMATION KINETICS;

PH EFFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC ACID; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; TETRACHLOROETHANE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CATALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; HUMIC ACID; PH; REACTION KINETICS; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PH; RIVER;

SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; ETHANE; HALOGENATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RIVERS; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84897484516     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405683d     Document Type: Article

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