title: Heterogeneous reductive dehalogenation of PCB contaminated transformer oil and brominated diphenyl ethers with zero valent iron.
abstract: Reductive dechlorination and debromination of halogenated biphenyls (PCBs) and diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) occurs efficiently at moderately elevated temperatures (350-600 °C) with zero valent iron (iron powder) in a nitrogen atmosphere. The proton donors tested were waste transformer oil, iso-octane, and n-decane. Observation of production of biphenyl and diphenyl ether and their condensation products indicates that the reaction is not simple pyrolysis, but a reduction. No halogenated organic products are observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, Reuteallee 46, 71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany. habekost@ph-ludwigsburg.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Habekost
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aristov
mesh_terms: D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D054879:Halogenation; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D009821:Oils; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls