SCREENING-LEVEL MODEL FOR AEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY BASED ON A SURVEY OF EXPERT KNOWLEDGE
SCREENING-LEVEL MODEL FOR AEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY BASED ON A SURVEY OF EXPERT KNOWLEDGE
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DOI:
10.1021/es00064a005
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发表时间:
1989-06-01
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
SABLJIC, A
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作者:
BOETHLING, RS;SABLJIC, A
A model was developed for classifying untested chemicals as readily or not readily biodegradable in receiving waters. The training set consisted of the collective judgments of 22 biodegradation experts as to the approximate time that might be required for aerobic ultimate degradation (AERUD) of 46 highly diverse chemicals. The first of two model components is a linear equation relating AERUD and three variables: the molecular connectivity indexes 2Xu and 4Xpc, the latter normalized to molecular weight, and the number of covalent chlorine atoms, normalized to molecular weight. The second component is a series of correction factors designed to account for important structural influences not reflected by the other variables, such as the presence of hydrolyzable groups. The two-component model accounts for 88.8% of the variance in AERUD. Based on environmentally relevant experimental data, the model correctly classified 36 of 40 chemicals (90%) in two prediction sets.