title: Prediction of contradictions between technologically and environmentally relevant properties of PCBs.
abstract: Environmental and technological data on PCBs were collected from the literature. Concentrations in the environment were calculated using the fugacity model of Mackay and Paterson. Environmental and technological properties and the calculated concentrations of PCB congeners were related to the number of chlorine atoms per molecule. Technological and environmental requirements are found to be contradictory, especially for the 2,2',4,5,5'-PCB congener.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Haelst
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Govers
mesh_terms: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000737:chemistry*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls