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This chapter describes the processes that dictate the fate of organic chemicals in environmental systems with emphasis on organic contaminants of human origin. The equilibrium partitioning of organic chemicals between environmental phases (air, water, soil/sediment, biota) is presented, as are means to predict the relevant equilibrium constants based on chemical structure/properties. The main reactions that lead to transformations of organic chemicals are presented, and the structural features that make a compound susceptible to such reactions are highlighted. The kinetics of the reactions and means to predict kinetic rate constants are also presented. |
