New Types of Persistent Halogenated Compounds (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry / Anthropogenic Compounds)

Jaakko Paasivirta

ISBN 10: 3642085121 / ISBN 13: 9783642085123

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999

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380 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.87 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Types of Persistent Halogenated Compounds (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry / Anthropogenic Compounds)
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642085121
• ISBN 13: 9783642085123
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.59 kilograms

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Synopsis

The book gives an overview on properties and research methods of new persistent organic chlorines and bromine compounds which have been intensively studied only recently. Sources, emissions and metabolic transformations are reviewed. Physical and chemical properties and degradation rates, observations of levels and trends in the environment are presented. Analytical methodologies and biological

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The book gives an overview on properties and research methods of new persistent organic chlorine and bromine compounds which have been observed as potential environmental hazards especially as bioaccumulated xenobiotics, but intensively studied only recently. Sources from product uses, industrial processes, wastes, emissions or metabolic transformations are reviewed. Physical and chemical properties and degradation rates useful for environmental fate predictions are given. Observations of levels and trends in environmental compartments are presented. Analytical methodologies and biological effects are described in detail. Compounds reviewed include planar PCBs, PCB metabolites, alkylaromatic chlorohydrocarbons (from pulp chlorobleaching and substitutes of PCBs), polybrominated biphenyls, polychlorinated and polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated terphenyls, naphthalenes, dibenzothiophenes and paraffins, toxaphene and tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane derivatives.