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Chem Speciat Bioavailab 28:163–169
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in aqueous solution using Ni-Fe nanoparticles under assistance of ultrasound. Chemosphere
65:58–64
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76:206–221
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Scherer MM, Balko BA, Tratnyek PG (1999) The role of oxides in reduction reactions at the metalwater interface In: Mineral-Water Interfacial Reactions, Chapter 15, vol 715. ACS Symposium
Series, pp 301–322
Schrick B, Blough JL, Jones AD, Mallouk TE (2002) Hydrodechlorination of trichloroethylene to
hydrocarbons using bimetallic nickel-iron nanoparticles. Chem Mater 14:5140–5147
Shih Y-h, Chen M-Y, Su Y-F (2011) Pentachlorophenol reduction by Pd/Fe bimetallic nanoparticles:
Effects of copper, nickel, and ferric cations. Appl Catal B 105:24–29
Shiu W-Y, Ma K-C, Varhanícková D, Mackay D (1994) Chlorophenols and alkylphenols: a review
and correlation of environmentally relevant properties and fate in an evaluative environment.
Chemosphere 29:1155–1224
Song Y, Swedlund PJ, Singhal N (2008) Copper(II) and cadmium(II) sorption onto ferrihydrite
in the presence of phthalic acid: some properties of the ternary complex. Environ Sci Technol
42:4008–4013
Tanjore S, Viraraghavan T (1994) Pentachlorophenol—Water pollution impacts and removal
technologies. Int J Environ Stud 45:155–164
Tian H, Li J, Mu Z, Li L, Hao Z (2009) Effect of pH on DDT degradation in aqueous solution using
bimetallic Ni/Fe nanoparticles. Sep Purif Technol 66:84–89
UNEP (2014) Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters: draft risk management evaluation,
UNEP/POPS/POPRC.10/2, persistent organic pollutants review committee, United Nations
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
USEPA (2010) Toxicological review of pentachlorophenol: in support of summary information on
the integrated risk information system (IRIS). United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC
USEPA (2018a) Drinking water contaminants—standards and regulations. National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations. https://www.epa.gov/dwstandardsregulations. Accessed 18 March
2019
USEPA (2018b) Groundwater & drinking water. National primary drinking water regulations.
https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/national-primary-drinkingwaterregulations#Organic. Accessed 18 Mar 2019
USEPA (2019) Priority pollutant list. Toxic and priority pollutants under the clean water act. http://
water.epa.gov/scitech/methods/cwa/pollutants.cfm. Accessed 10 July 2019
Wang X, Chen C, Liu H, Ma J (2008) Characterization and evaluation of catalytic dechlorination
activity of Pd/Fe bimetallic nanoparticles. Ind Eng Chem Res 47:8645–8651
Wei J, Xu X, Liu Y, Wang D (2006) Catalytic hydrodechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol over
nanoscale Pd/Fe: reaction pathway and some experimental parameters. Water Res 40:348–354
WHO (2003) Chlorophenols in drinking-water. Background document for development of WHO
Guidelines for Drinking-water quality. WHO/SDE/WSH/03.04/47. In: Guidelines for drinkingwater quality, 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Health criteria and other supporting information. World Health
Organization, Geneva, 1996
Xu F, Deng S, Xu J, Zhang W, Wu M, Wang B, Huang J, Yu G (2012) Highly active and stable Ni–Fe
bimetal prepared by ball milling for catalytic hydrodechlorination of 4-chlorophenol. Environ Sci
Technol 46:4576–4582
Xu Y, Xue L, Ye Q, Franks AE, Zhu M, Feng X, Xu J, He Y (2018) Inhibitory effects of sulfate
and nitrate reduction on reductive dechlorination of PCP in a flooded paddy soil. Front Microbiol
9:567
Yang BR, Chen AH (2016) Effects of pentachlorophenol on the bacterial denitrification process.
Chem Speciat Bioavailab 28:163–169
Zhang W, Quan X, Wang J, Zhang Z, Chen S (2006) Rapid and complete dechlorination of PCP
in aqueous solution using Ni-Fe nanoparticles under assistance of ultrasound. Chemosphere
65:58–64
Zhou T, Li Y, Lim T-T (2010) Catalytic hydrodechlorination of chlorophenols by Pd/Fe nanoparticles: Comparisons with other bimetallic systems, kinetics and mechanism. Sep Purif Technol
76:206–221