TY - JOUR
T1 - Removing methyl-tert-butyl ether (MTBE) from water
T2 - Abstracts of Papers - 228th ACS National Meeting
AU - Mezyk, Stephen P.
AU - Cooper, William J.
AU - Cramer, Christopher J.
AU - Martin, Ned H.
AU - O'Shea, Kevin E.
AU - Von Sonntag, Clemens
PY - 2004/10/20
Y1 - 2004/10/20
N2 - The large-scale use of MTBE as a high-octane gasoline additive in the US has resulted in its widespread contamination in both ground and drinking waters. As conventional water treatment methods of air stripping, adsorption onto granulated activated carbon, and biodegradation, are not effective advanced oxidation processes that incorporate free radical destruction of organics in water are being evaluated. Measured absolute rate constants were compared for the primary reaction of dissolved MTBE and its major degradation by-products with hydroxyl radicals, hydrated electrons, and hydrogen atoms in water with full description of the overall decomposition mechanism into a kinetic computer model. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 228th ACS National Meeting (Philadelphia, PA 8/22-26/2004).
AB - The large-scale use of MTBE as a high-octane gasoline additive in the US has resulted in its widespread contamination in both ground and drinking waters. As conventional water treatment methods of air stripping, adsorption onto granulated activated carbon, and biodegradation, are not effective advanced oxidation processes that incorporate free radical destruction of organics in water are being evaluated. Measured absolute rate constants were compared for the primary reaction of dissolved MTBE and its major degradation by-products with hydroxyl radicals, hydrated electrons, and hydrogen atoms in water with full description of the overall decomposition mechanism into a kinetic computer model. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 228th ACS National Meeting (Philadelphia, PA 8/22-26/2004).
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:5044241004
SN - 0065-7727
VL - 228
SP - ENVR-83
JO - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
JF - ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
IS - 1
Y2 - 22 August 2004 through 26 August 2004
ER -