Mechanochemical degradation of pentachlorophenol onto birnessite.

The existence of a lot of worldwide pentachlorophenol-contaminated sites has induced scientists to concentrate their effort in finding ways to degrade it. Therefore, an effective tool to decompose it from soil mixtures is needed. In this work the efficiency of the phyllomanganate birnessite (KBi) in degrading pentachlorophenol (PCP) through mechanochemical treatments was investigated.