Difference between revisions of "VOC"

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Most are industrial compounds with high annual production.  tetrachloormethane is produced 300,000 tons a year.
 
Most are industrial compounds with high annual production.  tetrachloormethane is produced 300,000 tons a year.
 
Persistant
 
Persistant
and toxic but low bioaccumulation  
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and toxic but low bioaccumulation (compared to PCBs)
  
 
<ref>Roose, P.; Brinkman, U.A.Th. (2005). Determination of volatile organic compounds in marine biota, in: Roose, P. (2005). Volatile organic compounds and related microcontaminants in the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea: method development and monitoring. pp. 85-108 </ref>
 
<ref>Roose, P.; Brinkman, U.A.Th. (2005). Determination of volatile organic compounds in marine biota, in: Roose, P. (2005). Volatile organic compounds and related microcontaminants in the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea: method development and monitoring. pp. 85-108 </ref>

Revision as of 14:22, 10 July 2009

They include substances like chloroform, tetrachloormethane, tetrachloorethyleen,... Also monoaromatic substances like benzene, toluene and ethylbenzene are VOCs Most are industrial compounds with high annual production. tetrachloormethane is produced 300,000 tons a year. Persistant and toxic but low bioaccumulation (compared to PCBs)

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  1. Roose, P.; Brinkman, U.A.Th. (2005). Determination of volatile organic compounds in marine biota, in: Roose, P. (2005). Volatile organic compounds and related microcontaminants in the Scheldt estuary and the southern North Sea: method development and monitoring. pp. 85-108