Photolytical transformation rates of individual polybrominated diphenyl ethers in technical octabromo diphenyl ether (DE-79)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1650-1655

  Bendig, Paul ^a   Vetter, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC PATHWAYS; DIPHENYL ETHER; ELECTRON IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HALF LIVES; IRRADIATION TIME; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; PHOTOLYTIC TRANSFORMATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REDUCTIVE DEBROMINATION; SELECTED ION MONITORING; TECHNICAL MIXTURES; TOXIC EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TRANSFORMATION RATES; UV LIGHT;

BROMINE; DEUTERIUM; ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; POLYACRYLATES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; DEUTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PBDE; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; ISOMERISM; METHANOL; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

TETRA;

EID: 77749258531     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903023m     Document Type: Article

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