Mechanism of PCE oxidation by percarbonate in a chelated Fe(II)-based catalyzed system

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 275, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-62

  Miao, Zhouwei ^a   Gu, Xiaogang ^a   Lu, Shuguang ^a   Dionysiou, Dionysios D ^b   Al Abed, Souhail R ^c   Zang, Xueke ^a   Wu, Xiaoliang ^a   Qiu, Zhaofu ^a   Sui, Qian ^a   Danish, Muhammad ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelated Fe(II); Groundwater remediation; Hydroxyl radical (HO^{< sup>); Perchloroethylene (PCE); Sodium percarbonate (SPC)}

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CATALYSIS; CHELATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; REMEDIATION; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CHELATED-FE(II); GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; HYDROXYL RADICALS; PERCHLOROETHYLENE; SODIUM PERCARBONATE;

ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID;

EID: 84927780808     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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