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ArticleACS omega2018

Optimizing Reductive Degradation of PAHs Using Anhydrous Ethanol with Magnesium Catalyzed by Glacial Acetic Acid.

Ahmad Al Shra'ah, Paris E Georghiou, Robert Helleur, Stephanie L MacQuarrie, Yuming Zhao, Martin Mkandawire

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Article in ACS omega, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 58% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ahmad Al Shra'ahDepartment of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada.
Paris E GeorghiouDepartment of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada.
Robert HelleurDepartment of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada.
Stephanie L MacQuarrieDepartment of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada.
Yuming ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Avenue, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X9, Canada.
Martin MkandawireDepartment of Chemistry and Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Road, Sydney, Nova Scotia B1P 6L2, Canada.
Memorial University of Newfoundland · CACape Breton University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted degradation of individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) constituents like anthracene, may offer cost effective and efficient cleaning of coal tar-contaminated sites. Thus, a reductive degradation procedure of anthracene using activated magnesium with anhydrous ethanol at room temperature was developed and optimized. To determine the optimum conditions for anthracene, such as effective magnesium concentrations, glacial acetic acid volumes, and exposure time for the anthracene reduction, the experiments were designed using the response surface methodology based on the central composite design. The design also minimized the number of experiments. The main product from anthracene reduction is 9,10-dihyrdoanthracene. Optimum conditions for 98% degradation capacity of anthracene (2.80 × 10

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PMID31458607
PMCPMC6641262
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