Interactions of the products of oxidative polymerization of hydroquinone as catalyzed by birnessite with Fe (hydr)oxides – an implication of the reactive pathway for humic substance formation

Abstract

In this study, we aimed to determine the products of oxidative polymerization of hydroquinone with and without catalysis by birnessite, and investigate the adsorption kinetics of the HQs on Fe (hydr)oxides upon their formation.