Handbook of environmental fate and exposure data for organic chemicals. Volume II: Solvents

This book outlines in detail how individual solvents are released, transported, and degraded in the environment and how they are exposed to humans and environmental organisms. The chemicals are listed in alphabetical order by the name considered to be the most easily recognized. For each chemical, the physical properties as well as the environmental fate and monitoring data were identified by conducting searches of the Environmental Fate Date Bases of Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC). Each substance is identified with synonyms, structure, CAS Registry number, molecular formula, and the Wiswesser line notation. Data for the environmental fate/exposure potential were identified with SRC's Environmental Fate Data Bases. Biodegradation data were selected from the DATALOG, BIOLOG, and BIODEG files. Abiotic degradation data were identified in the hydrolysis, photolysis, and oxidation fields in DATALOG and CHEMFATE. Transport processes such as bioconcentration, soil adsorption/mobility, and volatilization as well as the monitoring data were also identified in the DATALOG and CHEMFATE files.