Development and validation of a congener-specific photodegradation model for polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2427-2435

  Zeng, Xia ^a   Massey Simonich, Staci L ^a   Robrock, Kristin R ^b   Korytár, Peter ^c   Alvarez Cohen, Lisa ^b   Barofsky, Douglas F ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Model; Photodegradation; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Theoretical calculation

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ETHERS; EXPERIMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARAFFINS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYACRYLATES; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; CONTINUED USES; ENTHALPIES OF FORMATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIRST ORDERS; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; REACTION RATE CONSTANTS; RELATIVE CONCENTRATIONS; RELATIVE REACTION RATES; RETENTION TIMES; THEORETICAL CALCULATION; ULTRA VIOLETS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

BROMINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ALKANE; ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODEL VALIDATION; PBDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENTHALPY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ETHERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 57649138179     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-570.1     Document Type: Article

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