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Substance: 3,3',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether			Other Names: BDE-77; PBDE 77

Formula: 	C12H6Br4O					CAS-No.: 40088-47-9

Study: photochemical decomposition, uv absorption spectrum, photolysis


Authors: J. Eriksson, N. Green, G. Marsh, Å. Bergman

Title: Photochemical Decomposition of 15 Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Congeners in Methanol/Water

Journal/Source: Environ. Sci. Technol., 38 (11), 3119–3125, (2004); DOI: 10.1021/es049830t


Data: (diagram, table, disk): table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 290 - 310 nm

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Comments: The photochemical degradation of 15 individual PBDEs substituted with 4-10 bromine atoms was studied in methanol/water 
(8:2) by UV light in the sunlight region. Nine of these were also studied in pure methanol, and four of the nine PBDEs were studied in 
tetrahydrofuran.

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