Sustained Aerobic Oxidation of Vinyl Chloride at Low Oxygen Concentrations

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 1405 - 1411
• Main Author: Gossett, James M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 15.02.2010
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Contamination; Exact sciences and technology; Groundwater; Groundwaters; Natural water pollution; Oxidation; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxygen; Oxygen - chemistry; Pollution; Remediation and Control Technologies; Vinyl Chloride - chemistry; Water treatment and pollution; Pollution; Anaerobe; Chlorides; Permeation; Oxidation; Aerobe; Sediments; Ground water

One possible explanation for unexplained disappearance of vinyl chloride (VC) from what are thought to be anaerobic subsurface environments is that the environments are, in fact, not anaerobic. Rather, they might be subject to low, steady influx of oxygen, and aerobic oxidation could be occurring at...