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CHLOROBENZENES, CHLOROPHENOLS, PHAS AND LOW CHLORINATED DIOXIN/FURAN POST-BOILER TOXICITY INDICATORS IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS
Citation:
Oh**, J E., B K. Gullett*, S Ryan*, AND A. Touati. CHLOROBENZENES, CHLOROPHENOLS, PHAS AND LOW CHLORINATED DIOXIN/FURAN POST-BOILER TOXICITY INDICATORS IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS. Presented at 24 th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs, Berlin, GERMANY, September 06 - 10, 2004.
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To inform the public.
Description:
Research has sought indicator compounds for fast and less costly predictive monitoring of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and furans, PCDD/F, toxic equivalent concentrations or TEQs. Studies have shown chlorobenzenes and chlorophenols had a good correlation with TEQ, suggesting that these compounds could be used as PCDD/F TEQ indicators. Resonance enhanced multi-photon ionization or REMPI, with time of flight mass spectrometry or TOFMS has shown its ability to measure certain low chlorinated PCDD/F isomers and is considered a promising on-line TEQ monitoring technique.