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Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates
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The Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates as mentioned in this paper provides rate constant and half-life ranges for various processes and combines them into ranges for different media (air, groundwater, surface water, soils), which can be directly entered into various models.Abstract:
In order to assess the environmental exposure from chemicals in various media, you must know the rate at which a chemical will degrade. Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates saves you the time and money collecting and evaluating this important information. The Handbook provides rate constant and half-life ranges for various processes and combines them into ranges for different media (air, groundwater, surface water, soils), which can be directly entered into various models.Some of the processes the Handbook includes are aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation, direct photolysis, hydrolysis, and reaction with various oxidants or free radicals (e.g., hydroxyl radical and ozone in the atmosphere). Experimental data are used and cited when available, and validated estimation methods are used when no experimental data are available. Researched and organized by leading experts, Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates is easy-to-use and is well indexed by chemical name and CAS Number.read more
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Compilation of Henry's law constants (version 4.0) for water as solvent
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The environmental fate of phthalate esters: A literature review
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USEtox—the UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in life cycle impact assessment
Ralph K. Rosenbaum,Till M. Bachmann,Lois Swirsky Gold,Mark A. J. Huijbregts,Olivier Jolliet,Ronnie Juraske,Ronnie Juraske,Annette Koehler,Henrik Fred Larsen,Matthew MacLeod,Manuele Margni,Thomas E. McKone,Jérôme Payet,Marta Schuhmacher,Dik van de Meent,Michael Zwicky Hauschild +15 more
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