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Research paper thumbnail of Vapor Pressures of the Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

The supercooled liquid vapor pressures P L of 23 polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners were det... more The supercooled liquid vapor pressures P L of 23 polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners were determined as a function of temperature with a gas chromatographic retention time technique. P L at 298.15 K ranged from 0.1 Pa for monobrominated diphenyl ethers to 10-6 Pa for heptabrominated diphenyl ethers. The halogen substitution pattern was found to influence PBDE vapor pressure, indicating that congeners with bromine substitutions in the ortho positions to the ether-link have higher vapor pressures. The enthalpy of vaporization ∆ vap H for the 23 PBDE congeners ranged from (-67 to-116) kJ/mol, decreasing with each additional bromine substitution by about (7 to 8) kJ‚mol-1. ∆ vap H was also found to be influenced by the number of ortho bromines. Using a Junge-Pankow approach, the fraction of chemical adsorbed to aerosols as a function of temperature was estimated for three congeners and used to speculate on the likely environmental behavior of these chemicals.

Research paper thumbnail of Vapor Pressures of the Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

The supercooled liquid vapor pressures P L of 23 polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners were det... more The supercooled liquid vapor pressures P L of 23 polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners were determined as a function of temperature with a gas chromatographic retention time technique. P L at 298.15 K ranged from 0.1 Pa for monobrominated diphenyl ethers to 10-6 Pa for heptabrominated diphenyl ethers. The halogen substitution pattern was found to influence PBDE vapor pressure, indicating that congeners with bromine substitutions in the ortho positions to the ether-link have higher vapor pressures. The enthalpy of vaporization ∆ vap H for the 23 PBDE congeners ranged from (-67 to-116) kJ/mol, decreasing with each additional bromine substitution by about (7 to 8) kJ‚mol-1. ∆ vap H was also found to be influenced by the number of ortho bromines. Using a Junge-Pankow approach, the fraction of chemical adsorbed to aerosols as a function of temperature was estimated for three congeners and used to speculate on the likely environmental behavior of these chemicals.

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