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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2010 Nov 1;44(21):8236–8242. doi: 10.1021/es101601s

Table 1.

Estimated debromination rate constants for mono-, di-, and tri-BDEs. The observed rate constants (kobs) were normalized by the mass of nZVI (km) and by the surface area (kSA) of nZVI in the system.

IUPAC No. PBDE congener kobs [1/d] km [L/d·g] kSA [L/d·m2] Reference
BDE 1 2-monoBDE 2.80 E-03 5.09 E-05 3.97 E-06 This study
BDE 2 3-monoBDE 3.40 E-03 6.18 E-05 4.82 E-06
BDE 3 4-monoBDE 2.70 E-03 4.91 E-05 3.83 E-06
BDE 5 2,3-diBDE 3.55 E-02 6.45 E-04 5.03 E-05
BDE 7 2,4-diBDE 1.26 E-02 2.29 E-04 1.79 E-05
BDE 12 3,4-diBDE 3.14 E-02 5.72 E-04 4.46 E-05
BDE 21 2,3,4-triBDE 2.95 E-01 5.37 E-03 4.19 E-04

BDE 153 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexaBDE 4.32 E-01 3.14E-02 2.45E-03 (8)a
BDE 183 2,2′,3,4,4′,5′,6-heptaBDE 1.54 1.12E-01 8.71E-03
BDE 209 DecaBDE 6.67 4.85E-01 3.78E-02

BDE 7 2,4-diBDE 1.80 E-03 3.56E-06 6.93E-05 (10)b
BDE 28 2,4,4′-triBDE 7.90 E-03 1.59E-05 3.10E-04
BDE 47 2,2′,4,4′-tetraBDE 5.60 E-03 1.12E-05 2.19E-04
BDE 66 2,3′,4,4′-tetraBDE 1.20 E-02 2.40E-05 4.69E-04
BDE 100 2,2′,4,4′,6-pentaBDE 3.98 E-02 7.96E-05 1.55E-03
BDE 209 DecaBDE 1.41 E-01 2.83E-04 5.51E-03

Note:

a

nZVI mass = 0.014 g/ml, Avg. size = 60 nm;

b

micro-ZVI mass = 0.5 g/ml, Avg. size = 15μm.