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Table 3.7
Concentrations of VOCs during MSW
Compound
Detected concentration
(mg/m 3
)
Boiling point
(°C)
Compound
Detected concentration
(mg/m 3
)
Boiling point
(°C)
Benzene
0.0623
80.1
Trichloro ethylene
0.2020
86.7
Methyl bromide
0.0005 L
3.6
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
0.0005 L
214
Carbon tetrachloride
0.0005 L
76.8
Trimethylbenzene
0.1530
164.7
Chlorobenzene
0.0106
131.7
Chloroethylene
0.0005 L
−13.9
Trichloromethane
0.0149
61
Xylene
0.6193
144.4
Chloromethane
0.0005 L
−24
Acetone
0.0005 L
56.48
Cis-1,3-dichloropropene
0.0155
104
Bromodichloromethane
0.0005 L
90.1
Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
0.0005 L
47.5
1,3-butadiene
0.0005 L
−4.5
1,2-dibromoethane
0.0005 L
131.4
Carbon disulfide
0.1064
46–47
o-dichlorobenzene
0.0005 L
180.4
Chloromethylbenzene
0.0005 L
–
m-dichlorobenzene
0.0292
139.1
3-chlorine-1-propylene
0.0005 L
44.6
p-dichlorobenzene
0.0299
138.35
Cyclohexane
0.0005 L
80.74
1,1-dichloroethane
0.0121
57.3
Bromodicloromethane
0.0005 L
119–120
1,2-dichloroethane
0.0005 L
83.5
1,4-dioxane
0.0005 L
101.4
1,1-dichloroethane
0.0005 L
32
1-ethyl-4-methylbenzene
0.0921
162
1,2-propylene dichloride
0.3087
96.8
Ethyl acetate
1.5017
77.2
Ethylbenzene
0.1644
136.19
Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene 0.0005 L
47.5
Chloroethane
0.0005 L
12.5
n-heptane
0.0934
98.5
Trichlorofluoromethane
0.0005 L
23.7
n-hexane
0.0383
68.7
Trichlorine trifluoromethane 0.0005 L
–
Isooctane
0.0005 L
99.2
(continued)