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On the degradation of methyl bromide in sea water
Author(s) -
Jeffers Peter M.,
Wolfe N. Lee
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/96gl01670
Subject(s) - bromide , chloride , seawater , degradation (telecommunications) , hydrolysis , reaction rate constant , chemistry , ion , ion exchange , inorganic chemistry , environmental chemistry , kinetics , organic chemistry , geology , oceanography , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science
Methyl bromide degradation in sea water can be described by a summation of the hydrolysis and chloride ion exchange reactions. Laboratory experiments covered chloride concentrations of 0.1 to 1.0 mol/1, and temperatures from 20 to 60°C. The first‐order hydrolysis rate constant is and the second‐order chloride ion exchange rate constant deduced from the experiments is At a sea water surface temperature of 21.9 °C and a chloride concentration of 0.56 mol/1, the calculated degradation half‐life of methyl bromide in sea water is 4 days. At 35 °C, τ 1/2 = 22 hr.
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