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 | |