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ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT<br />

relevant temperature of the exposure models employed (e.g. 12 o C in the regional model) then<br />

such an extrapolation should be considered. In most cases this will not be necessary.<br />

However, the vapour pressure may <strong>for</strong> some substances change considerably according to the<br />

temperature even within a temperature range of only 10 o C. In this case a general temperature<br />

correction should be applied according to the following equation:<br />

Explanation of symbols<br />

VP<br />

( ) ⎟<br />

⎟ ⎟<br />

⎞<br />

1 1<br />

⋅ −<br />

⎛<br />

⎜ H<br />

0vapor<br />

⎜<br />

⎜ R TEMP TEMP<br />

⎝<br />

test env<br />

⎠<br />

( TEMPenv<br />

) = VP(<br />

TEMPtest<br />

) ⋅ e<br />

(2)<br />

VP(TEMPenv) vapour pressure at the environmental temperature [Pa]<br />

VP(TEMPtest) vapour pressure as give in the data set [Pa] data set<br />

TEMPenv environmental temperature (scale-dependent) [K]<br />

TEMPtest temperature of the measured experimental VP [K]<br />

H0vapor enthalpy of vapourisation [J/mol] 5 . 10 4<br />

R gas constant [Pa . m 3 /(mol . K)] 8.314<br />

Care must be taken when the melting point is within the extrapolated temperature range. The<br />

vapour pressure of the solid phase is always lower than the extrapolated vapour pressure of the<br />

liquid phase. Extrapolation will there<strong>for</strong>e tend to overestimate the vapour pressure. There is no<br />

general solution to this problem.<br />

The same approach can be followed <strong>for</strong> correcting the water solubility:<br />

Explanation of symbols<br />

SOL<br />

( ) ⎟ ⎟<br />

⎞<br />

1 1<br />

⋅ −<br />

⎛<br />

⎜ H<br />

0solut<br />

⎜<br />

R TEMP TEMP<br />

⎝<br />

test env<br />

⎠<br />

( TEMPenv<br />

) = SOL(<br />

TEMPtest<br />

) ⋅ e<br />

(3)<br />

SOL(TEMPenv) solubility at the environmental temperature [Pa]<br />

SOL(TEMPtest) solubility as give in the data set [Pa] data set<br />

TEMPenv environmental temperature (scale-dependent) [K]<br />

TEMPtest temperature of the measured experimental SOL [K]<br />

H0solut enthalpy of solution [J/mol] 1 . 10 4<br />

R gas constant [Pa . m 3 /(mol . K)] 8.314<br />

2.3.3 Release estimation<br />

In this section the following parameters are derived:<br />

• local emission, the rates to air <strong>and</strong> waste during an emission episode;<br />

• regional emissions to air, wastewater, <strong>and</strong> industrial soil (annual averages).<br />

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