Notice of RetractionStudy on Environmental Behavior and Effect Factor of MTBE in Surface Water

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Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) is widely used as gasoline additive,so the quantity of MTBE entering the environment through various channels is increased. MTBE is a human suspected carcinogen, therefore, on the issue of MTBE pollution is very important and practical.In this paper, an analytical method of MTBE in water was investigated,the limit of determination is 0.244μg/L, the recovery is 89.4~100.3%. This experiment studied disappearing process , hydrolysis and effect factors of MTBE in surface water. The result of hydrolysis showed that the hydrolysis process of MTBE accords with the first order reaction kinetics model C=C₀e^-kt.When in the same temperature, MTBE hydrolyzed faster in acidic water. The result of indoors experiment shows that the disappearance half-life of MTBE is from 25.1 to 86.5d, this indicates MTBE is stable in environment, which provides a theoretical basis for pollution control and guidance on the safe use of MTBE in China.