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In a later work, Stokes established the relationship between the intensity of fluorescence and the concentration, pointing out that the emission intensity depended on the concentration of the sample (analyte), but that attenuation of the signal occurred at higher concentrations as well as in the presence of foreign substances. He actually was the first to propose, in 1864, the application of fluorescence as an analytical tool, based on its sensitivity, on the occasion of a conference given previously in the Chemical Society and the Royal Institution, and entitled On the Application of the Optical Properties to the Detection and Discrimination of Organic Substances [5],... 

The most commonplace substrates in energy-transfer analytical CL methods are aryl oxalates such as to(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl) oxalate (TCPO) and z s(2,4-dinitrophenyl) oxalate (DNPO), which are oxidized with hydrogen peroxide [7, 8], In this process, which is known as the peroxyoxalate-CL (PO-CL) reaction, the fluorophore analyte is a native or derivatized fluorescent organic substance such as a polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon, dansylamino acid, carboxylic acid, phenothiazine, or catecholamines, for example. The mechanism of the reaction between aryl oxalates and hydrogen peroxide is believed to generate dioxetane-l,2-dione, which may itself decompose to yield an excited-state species. Its interaction with a suitable fluorophore results in energy transfer to the fluorophore, and the subsequent emission can be exploited to develop analytical CL-based determinations. 

Chlorodibromomethane has limited commercial use but is used industrially as a chemical intermediate. It is foimd in chlorinated drinking-water as a consequence of the reaction between chlorine, added during drinking-water treatment, and natural organic substances in the presence of bromide. The major route of human exposure is via drinking-water. Chlorodibromomethane is not normally present in untreated water. It is a major component of organohalide emissions from marine algae (lARC, 1991). 

The same picture holds for physical adsorption on metal surfaces. The polarization of the adsorbed molecules causes dipoles pointing with their positive ends away from the metal surface. The work function of the metal will be lowered by this effect, and it seems as if the increase of the normal nonselective photoelectric emission of metals by the adsorption of water molecules (122) or molecules of organic substances such as pyridine, propionic acid, and benzene (123) or alcohol, diethyl ether, and acetone (124) is caused by this effect. The explanation, which, many years ago, was given by the author (125), viz., polarization by positive hydrogen ions which should still be present, may seem to be unnecessary and obsolete. 

Ahling, B. Lindskog, A. Emission of chlorinated organic substances from combustion. In Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds, Impact on the Environment. Hutzinger, O. Safe, S., Eds., New York Pergamon Press, 1982, pp. 462-472. 

The treatment of DPS is of great importance since in one plant its emission reaches several hundred t/year. This paper presents results of laboratory investigations on the treatment of DPS. The method applied is that of complete oxidation of the organic compouncj with air using a vanadium oxide catalyst.V2O2 catalyst is often used for oxidation of organic substances [1—3 ]. The process can be presented by means of the following equation ... 

However, we want to do even better. In order to ensure transparency of the process of improvement, we have published long-term global environmental goals that we want to achieve. By 2012, BASF plans to cut emissions of greenhouse gases by 10 percent per metric ton of sales product and emissions of air pollutants from its chemical plants by 40 percent compared with 2002. We will also reduce emissions of both organic substances and nitrogen to water by 60 percent and heavy metal emissions by 30 percent. 

Figure 5 Biological Recycling System of Energy and Organic Substances for Zero-Emission of C02.

In summaiy, the scientific research on the anthropogenic pollution of groundwater and riverine systems, especially by organic substances, comprising the sources, emission pathways, distribution and fate of anthropogenic contaminants still remains as an important challenge in environmental sciences. 

The main focus of this study was to identify organic substances in Havel and Spree river sediments that could trace anthropogenic emissions of specific sources within the system. Therefore, selected contaminants with respect to their source specificity and to their environmental stability are discussed in order to characterize new potential anthropogenic marker compounds. 

It is now obvious that atmospheric transport of persistent toxic organic substances is the major pathway between ecosystems. For dioxin, volatilization of residues from contaminated soils was first noted as a concern at Seveso, Italy (4). The National Research Council of Canada reported that atmospheric emissions were the major source of chlorinated dioxins in the Canadian environment (5). A recent Ontario report estimates that from 8 10 kg of 2,3,7,8 -TCDD equivalents enter the Ontario environment annually from combustion of municipal refuse and sewage sludge and that all other combustion sources contribute from 20 -50 kg annually (6). The only other major source considered was from the use and disposal of chlorinated phenols. 

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