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Main Title Abiotic Dehalogenation of 1,2-Dichloroethane and 1,2-Dibromoethane in Aqueous Solution Containing Hydrogen Sulfide.
Author Barbash, J. E. ; Reinhard, M. ;
CORP Author Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Civil Engineering.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
Publisher c1989
Year Published 1989
Report Number EPA-R-812462; EPA/600/J-89/352;
Stock Number PB90-216284
Additional Subjects Water chemistry ; Water pollution ; Nucleophilic reactions ; Dehydrohalogenation ; Buffers(Chemistry) ; Ground water ; Reaction kinetics ; Hydrogen sulfide ; Inorganic phosphates ; Aerobic processes ; Hydrolysis ; Sample preparation ; pH ; Catalysis ; Reprints ; Ethane/dichloro ; Ethane/dibromo ; Chemical reaction mechanisms ; Ion chromatography
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Abstract The detection of significant levels of halogenated aliphatic contaminants in groundwater resources in the United States has spurred a considerable effort to understand the various mechanisms--both microbiological and abiotic--by which these compounds may be transformed. In aerobic environments, the abiotic reactions that predominate are elimination of hydrogen halide (dehydrohalogenation) and nucleophilic substitution by H2O (hydrolysis). Little research has examined the rates and pathways of abiotic reactions that may be significant under hypoxic conditions. The dehalogenation of 1,2-dichloroethane (1,2-DCA) and 1,2-dibromoethane (EDB) in phosphate buffer was examined alone, and in phosphate buffer containing hydrogen sulfide. Kinetic runs were conducted at pH 7 over the temperature range from 25 to 87.5 C. Phosphate buffer catalyzed the hydrolysis of both 1,2-SCA and EDB. This catalysis was attributed to the buffer anion HPO4(2-). The rate laws for these transformations exhibit the following form: -d(RX)/dt=(K(sup 1)(sub H) + K(sub HS(-))(HS(-)) + K(sub HPO4(2-)(HPO4(2-))(RX) where RX denotes either 1,2-DCA or EDB, and the rate constants correspond to the overall reactions.
Supplementary Notes Pub. in Environmental Science and Technology, v23 n11 p1349-1358 Nov 89. Sponsored by Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK.
NTIS Title Notes Journal article.
Title Annotations Reprint: Abiotic Dehalogenation of 1,2-Dichloroethane and 1,2-Dibromoethane in Aqueous Solution Containing Hydrogen Sulfide.
Category Codes 68D; 99F
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/15
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 019410601
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Type CAT