Chlorinated paraffins - A historical consideration including remarks on their complexity.
Chlorinated paraffin
Chloroparaffin
Enumeration
Polychlorinated alkane
Production history
Journal
Chemosphere
ISSN: 1879-1298
Titre abrégé: Chemosphere
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0320657
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Jan 2022
Historique:
received:
14
07
2021
revised:
20
08
2021
accepted:
24
08
2021
pubmed:
16
9
2021
medline:
25
11
2021
entrez:
15
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are high production volume chemicals currently produced and used in higher quantities than any other medium-size polyhalogenated compound (class). In addition, the composition of industrial CP mixtures is highly complex and poorly understood. In this article, we searched in the literature for the beginning of the chlorination of alkanes and how this substance class developed from niche applications to unmatched quantities in various industrial applications. Also, an estimation was made on the theoretical variety of chloroparaffins and the possible complexity of industrial CP mixtures. These data may explain why little is known about CPs although the production volume throughout the industrial generation was virtually always higher than the one of PCBs and has continued to increase after the ban of the latter.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34523451
pii: S0045-6535(21)02504-2
doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132032
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated
0
Paraffin
8002-74-2
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
DFC2HB4I0K
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
132032Commentaires et corrections
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