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DETERMINATION OF MONOD KINETICS OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS BY RESPIROMETRYFOR STRUCTURE-BIODEGRADABILITY RELATIONSHIPS
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Govind, R., S. Desai, AND H. Tabak. DETERMINATION OF MONOD KINETICS OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS BY RESPIROMETRYFOR STRUCTURE-BIODEGRADABILITY RELATIONSHIPS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/134 (NTIS PB90263237).
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The key to the evaluation of the fate of toxic organic chemicals inthe environment is dependant on evaluating their susceptibility tobiodegradation. iodegradation is one of the most importantmechanisms in controlling the concentration of chemicals in anaquatic system because toxic pollutants can be mineralized andrendered harmless. xperiments using an electrolytic respirometerhave been conducted to collect oxygen consumption data of toxiccompounds from the list of RCRA and RCRA land banned chemicals(phenols and phthalates). he estimation of Monod kineticparameters were obtained for all the compounds by a graphicalmethod. he first order kinetic constants for the substitutedphenols were related to the structure of the compounds by the groupcontribution method.
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DETERMINATION OF MONOD KINETICS OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS BY RESPIROMETRYFOR STRUCTURE-BIODEGRADABILITY RELATIONSHIPS