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Table 3.8
Concentrations of VOCs during mechanical pre-treatment
Compound
Detected concentration
(mg/m 3
)
Boiling point (°C)
Compound
Detected concentration
(mg/m 3
)
Boiling point (°C)
Benzene
0.1548
80.1
Trichloro ethylene
0.1644
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
0.2628
164.7
Chlorobenzene
0.0171
131.7
Chloroethylene
0.0005 L
−13.9
Trichloromethane
0.0155
61
Xylene
0.5934
144.4
Chloromethane
0.0005 L
−24
Acetone
0.0005 L
56.48
Cis-1,3-dichloropropene
0.0005 L
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
0.1019
46–47
o-dichlorobenzene
0.0005 L
180.4
Chloromethylbenzene
0.0005 L
–
m-dichlorobenzene
0.0902
139.1
3-chlorine-1-propylene
0.0005 L
44.6
p-dichlorobenzene
0.0926
138.35
Cyclohexane
0.0005 L
80.74
1,1-dichloroethane
0.0199
57.3
Chlorodibromomethane
0.0005 L
119–120
1,2-dichloroethane
0.0005 L
83.5
1,4-dioxane
0.0005 L
101.4
1,1-dichloroethylene
0.0005 L
32
1-ethyl-4-methylbenzene
0.1644
162
1,2-propylene dichloride
0.2585
96.8
Ethyl acetate
3.0800
77.2
Ethylbenzene
0.1570
136.19
Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
Dichloroethylene
0.0005 L
47.5
Chloroethane
0.0005 L
12.5
n-heptane
0.4187
98.5
Trichlorofluoromethane
0.0005 L
23.7
n-hexane
1.4003
68.7
(continued)