Physicochemical properties of selected polybrominated diphenyl ethers and extension of the UNIFAC model to brominated aromatic compounds

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1858-1865

  Kuramochi, Hidetoshi ^a   Maeda, Kouji ^b   Kawamoto, Katsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Octanol water partition coefficient; Aqueous solubility; Brominated benzenes; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxin; UNIFAC

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; PHENOLS; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; BROMINATED BENZENES; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN;

WATER TREATMENT;

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4,4' DIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; AROMATIC COMPOUND; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ETHERS; PHENOLS; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CORRELATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PBDE; PCDD; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLUBILITY;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DILUTION; MODEL; UNIFAC MODEL;

EID: 33847676719     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.076     Document Type: Article

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