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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2016 Jan 4;50(2):890–898. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04815

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Illustration of major radical chain reactions when persulfate is activated by transition metal oxide in the absence of benzene or other contaminants. Sulfate and oxygen are the final products of persulfate activation.