Klöpffer W., Wagner B.O. Atmospheric Degradation of Organic Substances: Data for Persistence and Long-range Transport Potential

Wiley-VCH, 2007. — 255 p. — ISBN: 352731606XThis compilation on the degradation 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 collaboration between academia and regulatory authorities. The work 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. A key resource for manufacturers and regulators of such substances.Significance of Photo-degradation in Environmental Risk AssessmentPersistence and Long-range Transport Potential in Chemicals Regulation
Multimedia Models as Tools to Estimate Persistence and Long-range Transport Potential
Data Requirements for Multimedia Models
Estimation of the Rate Constant of Organic Substances with Hydroxyl Radicals
Research Requirements for Photo-degradation of Semi-volatile SubstancesAbiotic Degradation in the AtmospherePhoto-degradation in the Homogenous Gas Phase of the Troposphere
Indirect Photochemical Reactions
The Reaction with OH-Radicals
Sources and Sinks of the OH-Radical
Reactions of OH with Organic Compounds
The Reaction with NO3-Radicals
Sources and Sinks of the NO3-Radical
Reactions of NO3 with Organic Compounds
The Reaction with Ozone
Sources and Sinks of O3 in the Troposphere
Reactions of O3 with Organic Compounds
Direct Photochemical Reactions
Quantum Effi ciency
Examples of Photochemical Reactions in the Gas Phase
Heterogeneous Degradation
Degradation on Solid SurfacesDegradation on Fly Ash and Soot
Degradation on Artifi cial Aerosols
Degradation in Droplets
Direct Photochemical Transformation
Reactive Trace Compounds in Cloud, Fog and Rainwater
Reactions of Organic MoleculesExperimental
Indirect Photochemical Degradation
Bimolecular Reaction with OH
Direct Methods for Measuring kOH
Indirect Methods for the Measurement of kOH
Bimolecular Reaction with NO3Absolute Measurement
Relative Measurements
Bimolecular Reaction with Ozone
Direct Photo-transformation
Determination of the Quantum Effi ciency in the Gas Phase
Gas Cuvette and Monochromatic Radiation
Smog-chamber Method
Outlook
Degradation in the Adsorbed StateAerosol Chambers
Alternative Measurements of kOH,ads
Additional Information Necessary for Calculating Lifetimes
Table of Reaction Rate Constants of Photo-Degradation Processes