Atmospheric Degradation of Organic Substances: Persistence, Transport Potential, Spatial Range - Hardcover

Klöpffer, Walter; Wagner, Burkhard O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 352731606X ISBN 13: 9783527316069

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2007

Synopsis

This 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.

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Kl?pffer / Wagner: Atmosperic Degradation of Organic Substances (3-527-31606-X)
"This book is an important publication at the right time. It provides a valuable compilation of existing data and, at the same time, points out the need for more and innovative research in the field of atmospheric reactivity of organic chemicals. ... I recommend this valuable book to all users in academica, government, and industry who need information about the atmospheric fate of organic chemicals, also a teacher or students, who are looking for input data for multimedia models, or are in other ways involved in the hazard and risk assessment of chemicals. ..."
Env Sci Pollut Res 2007

From the Back Cover:

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 rates
A key resource for manufacturers and regulators of such substances.

Prof. Dr. Walter Kl?pffer studied chemistry at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, Austria. He then joined the Battelle Institute in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, and since 1975 he is also Professor for Physical Chemistry at the University of Mainz.
Dr. Kl?pffer's main fields of interest include the spectroscopy and photophysics of aromatic polymers, and the environmental assessment of chemicals (persistence, abiotic degradation) and products (Life Cycle Assessment).

Dr. Burkhard Wagner obtained a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He completed a postdoctoral period at the California Institute of Technology with George Hammond before joining the German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt), where he was the long-time section head for environmental impact assessment of chemicals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 352731606X
• ISBN 13: 9783527316069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258