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  <dc:contributor>D.F. Goerlitz</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Dunja Grbic-Galic</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>D. Allen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>E. Michael Godsy</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1989</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Creosote is the most extensively used insecticide and industrial wood preservative today. It is estimated that there are more than 600 wood-preserving plants in the United States, and their collective use of creosote exceeds 4.5xl0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;kg/yr (von Rumker&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EmphasisTypeUnderline "&gt;et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EmphasisTypeUnderline "&gt;al&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;., 1975). Creosote is a complex mixture of more than 200 major individual organic compounds with differing molecular weights, polarities, and functionalities, along with dispersed solids and products of polymerization (Novotny&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EmphasisTypeUnderline "&gt;et&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EmphasisTypeUnderline "&gt;al&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;., 1981). The major classes of compounds previously identified in creosote show that it consists of ∼85% (w/w) polynuclear aromatic compounds (PAH), ∼12% phenolic compounds, and ∼3% heterocyclic nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen containing compounds (NSO).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Plenum</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Transport and degradation of water-soluble creosote-derived compounds</dc:title>
  <dc:type>chapter</dc:type>
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