Transformation of 2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether under UV irradiation: Potential sources of the secondary pollutants

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 778-783

  Wang, Ji Zhong ^a,d   Hou, Yuqing ^b   Zhang, Jianshun ^c   Zhu, Jiping ^a   Feng, Yong Lai ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d He Fei University of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Airborne BDE 47; Degradation and transformation; Pathway; Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARAFFINS; POLYOLS;

AIRBORNE BDE-47; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROMINATED PHENOLS; PATHWAY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

ETHERS;

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BROMINE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; NONANE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ETHER; EVAPORATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIATION BALANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EVAPORATION; GAS; LIQUID; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE BDE-47; DEGRADATION AND TRANSFORMATION; PATHWAY; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) IRRADIATION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALKANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PHENOL; PHENYL ETHERS; PHOTOLYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84889094890     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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