USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)
First Advisor
Henry A. Alegria, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Kathy Carvalho-Knighton, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Cherie L. Geiger, Ph.D.
Publisher
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Document Type
Thesis
Date Available
2013-11-23
Publication Date
2013
Date Issued
2013-03-29 00:00
Abstract
Atmospheric levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were measured around the Tampa Bay area. Total PCBs, Σ56PCBs, ranged from 41.96- 1250.96 pg/m3 and total PBDEs, Σ14PBDEs, ranged from 0.78-9.54 pg/m3 at 5 sites with unique land-use classifications. PCB congener profiles indicated significant differences between most sites while PBDE congener profiles were more uniform. The use of Zero Valent Metals (ZVM) to remediate PBDEs was also explored. In a five hour study 0.8% Mg/Pd bimetallic system showed a 99% degradation of BDE-47 (2,2’,4,4’- tetrabromodiphenyl ether), following a step-wise debromination path with pseudo 1st order kinetics.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Talalaj, Lukasz, "Assessing Atmospheric Levels of PCBs and PBDEs in Tampa Bay and Studies on Remediation of these compounds" (2013). USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate).
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/masterstheses/50
Comments
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Science Department of Environmental Science and Policy College of Arts & Science University of South Florida Saint Petersburg.