Degradation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid by Reactive Species Generated through Catalyzed H 2 O 2 Propagation Reactions

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-121

  Mitchell, Shannon M ^a   Ahmad, Mushtaque ^a,b   Teel, Amy L ^a   Watts, Richard J ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b ARCADIS US Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84969142727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez4000862     Document Type: Article

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