Effectiveness and mechanisms of defluorination of perfluorinated alkyl substances by calcium compounds during waste thermal treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5672-5680

  Wang, Fei ^a,b   Lu, Xingwen ^a   Li, Xiao Yan ^a   Shih, Kaimin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FLUOROCARBONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDRATED LIME; HYDROGEN BONDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDRODEFLUORINATION; PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); REDUCED PRODUCTION; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE;

MINERALOGY;

ALKYL GROUP; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBON; MINERAL; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLITEF; WASTE;

CALCIUM; DECOMPOSITION; FLUORINE; FRAGMENTATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYDROXIDE; MINERALIZATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DEFLUORINATION; HEAT TREATMENT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; HALOGENATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE PRODUCTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84928911247     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es506234b     Document Type: Article

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