1. Edition - February 2007
175.- Euro
2007. XV, 243 Pages, Hardcover
- Handbook/Reference Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31606-X
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31606-9 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
Annotated experimental data on the degradation of 1,100 commercially important chemical products are made publicly accessible for the first time. It explains in detail methods, including computational, for the environmental assessment of volatile and semi-volatile substances.

From the contents
PHOTODEGRADATION
Indirect photochemical reactions
Direct photochemical reactions
HETEROGENEOUS DEGRADATION
Degradation on solid surfaces
Degradation in droplets
EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION
Photochemical degradation
Photo-transformation
Degradation in the absorbed state
Calculating lifetimes from experimental data
ENVIRONMENTAL RELEVANCE
Persistence and long-range transport
Estimating lifetimes of semi-volatile substances
Regulatory framework
The REACH directive
DATA TABLES OF DEGRADATUIN RATES
- for > 1100 volatile and semi-volatile organic substances
- arranged by CAS number and compound name
- including kOH, kOzone, kNitrate, kPhoto
- with extensive literature listing