title: Organic trace compounds in the water of the River Elbe near Hamburg. Part I.
abstract: Water samples of the River Elbe near Hamburg were analyzed for 145 organic chemical compounds. In part I results of the investigations concerning the following groups of compounds are presented (57 individual compounds): volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons, chloroalkylethers (haloethers), chlorobenzenes, nitrobenzenes, chloronitrobenzenes, and chloroanilines. Highest concentrations were found for the chlorinated bispropylethers and 1,7-dichloro-3,5-dioxaheptane (haloethers). Other important compounds were nitrobenzene, nitrotoluenes, and chloronitrobenzenes. The results were assessed on the basis of German surface water quality criteria.
authors.affiliation: Umweltbehörde, Umweltuntersuchungen, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Friesel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roch
mesh_terms: D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D010702:Phorate / Q000737:chemistry*; D010782:Photolysis; D013472:Sunlight
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010702:Phorate