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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2011 May 10;45(11):4896–4903. doi: 10.1021/es104312h

Table 2.

Debromination rate constants and half-life of selected PBDEs and PCB 21 by nZVI/Pd, nZVI and nZVI/Pd-AC.

Particle O2 content
[ppm]
IUPAC
No.
PBDE/PCB
congener
kobs
[1/d]
kFea
[L/d·g]
kPdb
[L/d·g]
Half-life
[d]
nZVI/Pd ~7.8 BDE 1 2-monoBDE 0.38 6.91 E-02 15.2 1.82
BDE 2 3-monoBDE 1.28 2.33 E-01 51.2 0.54
BDE 3 4-monoBDE 1.37 2.49 E-01 54.8 0.51
BDE 8 2,4’-diBDE 1.70 3.09 E-01 68.0 0.41
BDE 12 3,4-diBDE 1.59 2.89 E-01 63.6 0.44
BDE 28 2,4,4’-triBDE 3.02 5.29 E-01 121 0.23
BDE 33 2,3’,4’-triBDE 2.72 4.95 E-01 109 0.25
BDE 21 2,3,4-triBDE 2.43 4.42 E-01 97.2 0.29
PCB 21 2,3,4-triCB 9.90 E-02 1.80 E-02 3.97 7.00

nZVI/Pd ~0.5 BDE 8 2,4’-diBDE 7.80 1.42 211 0.09
BDE 12 3,4-diBDE 6.56 1.19 177 0.11
BDE 33 2,3’,4’-triBDE 8.04 1.46 217 0.09

nZVIc ~7.8 BDE 1 2-monoBDE 2.80 E-03 5.09 E-05 - 247
BDE 2 3-monoBDE 3.40 E-03 6.18 E-05 - 203
BDE 3 4-monoBDE 2.70 E-03 4.91 E-05 - 256
BDE 12 3,4-diBDE 3.14 E-02 5.72 E-04 - 22
BDE 21 2,3,4-triBDE 2.95 E-01 5.37 E-03 - 2.35
PCB 21 2,3,4-triCB 2.00 E-03 3.64 E-05 - 347

nZVI/Pd-AC ~7.8 BDE 21 2,3,4-triBDE 5.00 E-02 5.00 E-01 2.02 13.9
<0.1 PCB 21d 2,3,4-triCB 4.27 E-01 2.97 E-02 0.61 1.62
a

The observed rate constants (kobs) were normalized by the mass concentration of ZVI.

b

The observed rate constants (kobs) were normalized by the mass concentration of Pd if applicable.

c

Zhuang, et al. (4)

d

Choi, et al. (30)