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DECHLORATION REDUCTIVE [2 records]

Record 1 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Waste Management
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The primary mechanism involved in anaerobic biodegradation of halogenated organics is reductive dehalogenation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

La déchloration réductive, un potentiel redox de -250 mv ou moins des sédiments de même que l'absence d'oxygène, de nitrates ou de sulfates sont nécessaires pour la biodégradation anaérobie des composés organiques halogénés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Waste Management
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

... the Michigan Biotechnology Institute was granted $15 million to study anaerobic organochlorine biodegradation mechanisms (reductive dechlorination) in the hope that an in situ remediation technology for sediment contaminated by PCBs might eventually be developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Traitement des eaux usées
CONT

[...] le Michigan Biotechnology Institute a obtenu en 1991 une subvention de 15 millions de dollars pour l'étude des mécanismes de biodégradation des organochlorés (déchloration réductive) dans des conditions anaérobies en vue de développer une technologie de dépollution in situ des sédiments contaminés par des BPC.

Spanish

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