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LEVEL CHLORINATION [1 record]

Record 1 1990-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

[It was found] that under experimental conditions, the higher chlorinated PCBs were not leached from soils by percolating water, and those with a lower level of chlorination were removed only slowly ....

Key term(s)
  • chlorination degree

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

[...] la position des atomes de chlore influence la persistance [des BPC], c'est-à-dire que les divers isomères de même teneur en chlore n'ont pas le même effet.

CONT

[...] le taux de dégradation des BPC [...] s'accroît avec l'augmentation du degré de chloration, la demi-vie variant de quelques jours pour les congénères monochlorés à 200 jours pour les pentachlorés.

Spanish

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