Atmospheric Chemistry of Toxic Industrial Chemicals (Briefing Slides); Conference paper 26 Apr 2006-5 Jan 2007

摘要

Large releases of volatile toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), either intentionally or unintentionally, pose serious threats to both military and civilian populations and operations. To predict and model the transport of any TIC requires some detailed information about its reactivity in the atmosphere. To understand the ultimate fate of a TIC, it is important to know how it is transformed during atmospheric transport and dispersion. Reactivity and fate can be addressed by answering the following two questions: (1) What is the atmospheric lifetime of the airborne TIC and (2) What are the reaction products and their yields resulting from atmospheric degradation of the TIC. The answer to these questions is ultimately grounded in understanding the reaction kinetics and mechanisms of these compounds when subjected to atmospheric oxidants and other loss mechanisms.