Transport and degradation of water-soluble creosote-derived compounds
By: E. Michael Godsy, D. F. Goerlitz, and Dunja Grbic-Galic
Edited by: D. Allen
Links
- More information: Publisher Index Page
- Download citation as: RIS | Dublin Core
Abstract
Creosote is the most extensively used insecticide and industrial wood preservative today. It is estimated that there are more than 600 wood-preserving plants in the United States, and their collective use of creosote exceeds 4.5xl06 kg/yr (von Rumker et al., 1975). Creosote is a complex mixture of more than 200 major individual organic compounds with differing molecular weights, polarities, and functionalities, along with dispersed solids and products of polymerization (Novotny et al., 1981). The major classes of compounds previously identified in creosote show that it consists of ∼85% (w/w) polynuclear aromatic compounds (PAH), ∼12% phenolic compounds, and ∼3% heterocyclic nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen containing compounds (NSO).
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Transport and degradation of water-soluble creosote-derived compounds |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Plenum |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 24 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Title | Intermedia pollutant transport: Modeling and field measurements |
| First page | 213 |
| Last page | 236 |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |