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Pesticide volatilization

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Residue Reviews

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For some time it has been recognized that highly volatile pesticides were lost from plant or soil surfaces mainly by vaporization into the atmosphere. However, only recently has it been established that volatilization and vapor-phase transport are important in the dissipation of even the so-called “nonvolatile pesticides,” such as DDT1 and other organochlorine compounds. Pesticides range in volatility from fumigants, such as gaseous methyl bromide, to herbicides with vapor pressures below 10-8 mm. Hg. However, the same physical and chemical principles govern their rates of volatilization regardless of inherent potential volatility.

Contribution of the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the California Agricultural Experiment Station, Riverside, Calif.

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Spencer, W.F., Farmer, W.J., Cliath, M.M. (1973). Pesticide volatilization. In: Gunther, F.A. (eds) Residue Reviews. Residue Reviews, vol 49. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9377-1_1

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