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It is suggested that when assessing the environmental fate or toxicity of organic chemicals, especially those of congeneric series, such as PCBs, it is useful to gather and critically review their basic properties including solubility, vapour pressure, octanol/water partition coefficient and Henry’s law constant. This approach is illustrated for three series of chemicals, the chlorobenzenes, the polychlorinated biphenyls and the chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins.
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Shiu, W.Y., Gobas, F.A.P.C., Mackay, D. (1987). Physical-Chemical Properties of Three Congeneric Series of Chlorinated Aromatic Hydrocarbons. In: Kaiser, K.L.E. (eds) QSAR in Environmental Toxicology - II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3937-0_26
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