Atmospheric Degradation of Organic Substances Data for Persistence and Long-range Transport Potential

Since many commercially important bulk chemicals are volatile, their eventual degradation, mostly by photochemical reactions, is a critical factor for the pollution and environmental hazards so caused.This compilation on the breakdown of 1,100 commercially important chemical products is the first publication to make this knowledge publicly accessible in one book. The data and annotations have been painstakingly assembled over a 10-year period in a cooperation among academia and regulatory authorities. It explains in detail the methods, including computational ones, for the environmental assessment of volatile and semi-volatile substances, and is rounded off with data tables of degradation rates.From the contents: Photodegradation Heterogeneous degradation Experimental determination Environmental relevance Data tables of degradation ratesA key resource for manufacturers and regulators of such substances.Wagner, Burkhard is the author of 'Atmospheric Degradation of Organic Substances Data for Persistence and Long-range Transport Potential', published 2007 under ISBN 9783527316069 and ISBN 352731606X.