%0 Book Section
%A Martin Scheringer
%A Deborah H Bennett
%A Thomas E McKone
%A Konrad Hugerbuhler
%A Robert L Lipnick
%A Bo Janson
%A Donald Mackay
%A Myrto Petreas
%B Persistent, Bioaccumulative, Toxic Chemicals II Assessment and New Chemicals
%C Washington, DC
%D 2000
%G eng
%I American Chemical Society
%P 52-63
%T Relationship between Persistence and Spatial Range of Environmental Chemicals.  ACS Symposium Series 773
%1 <p>7.2</p>
%2 LBNL-44343
%@ 9780841218314
%X <p>Several approaches to calculate the spatial range or travel distance of  environmental chemicals have been proposed in the literature. Here we  evaluate the relationship between different definitions of spatial range  and travel distance and between these quantities and the chemical's  atmospheric residence time. We show that the results from a simple  global multimedia fate and transport model can account for the  analytical relationship. In contrast, the relationship between a  chemical's overall persistence and spatial range cannot be described by  an analytical expression. A plot of the spatial range versus the overall  persistence does not show a well defined relationship between these two  measures. The deviations from the analytical relation between  atmospheric residence time and spatial range are caused by differences  in the phase partitioning of the chemicals. In addition, deviations are  strongly influenced by the release media. These effects are demonstrated  by correlating the deviations from the analytical relation with the  octanol-air partitioning coefficient for each chemical.</p>