Table 4.

Chemical composition of liquid phase products from pyrolysis of electronic.

Compound	Formula	CAS #	% available	Category	Health risk assessment
					RfD (mg/kg-day)	RfC (mg/m3)	Carcinogenicity
Aromatic compounds
Styrene	C8H8	100–42-5	4.1	a	2 × 10−1	1	§
α-Methylstyrene	C9H10	98–83-9	2.43	a	N/A	N/A	♣
p-Crestol	C7H8O	106–44-5	6.05–8.29	a	N/A	N/A	♠
Terphenyl	C18H14	612–71-5	3.47	a	N/A	N/A	§
Phenol	C5H5OH	108–95-2	1.92–59.49	a, c	3 × 10−1	N/A	♣
2-Isopropylphenol	C9H12O	88–69-7	16.26	a	N/A	N/A	*
Bisphenol A	C15H16O2	80–05-7	12.02–40.49	a, c	5 × 10−2	N/A	*
4-Phenylphenol	C12H10O	92–69-3	9.65–26.82	c	N/A	N/A	☼
4-Tert-Butylphenol	C10H14O	98–54-4	9.65	c	N/A	N/A	☼
Phthalic anhydride	C8H4O3	85–44-9	9.53–80.68	c	2	N/A	♣
Benzoic acid	C7H6O2	65–85-0	33.82	a	4	N/A	*
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid	C7H6O3	99–96-7	4.17	a	N/A	N/A	*
Methyl palmitate	C17H34O2	112–39-0	5.31	b	N/A	N/A	*
Dimethyl phthalate	C10H10O4	131–11-3	7.68–11.02	b	N/A	N/A	♣
1,3-Diphenylpropane	C15H16	1081–75-0	31.16	a	N/A	N/A	♣
4-Phenylbutyronitrile	C10H11N	2046–18-6	25.63	a	N/A	N/A	♣
Bromine containing compounds
2-Bromophenol	C6H5BrO	95–56-7	4	c	N/A	N/A	☼
4-Bromophenol	C6H5BrO	106–41-2	4	c	N/A	N/A	*
2,6-Dibromophenol	C6H4Br2O	608–33-3	4.54	c	N/A	N/A	*

^♠=possibly human carcinogen, IRIS

^§=possibly human carcinogen, IARC

^♣=exposure can cause organ damage, CDC

^☼=may be harmful if exposed (TOXNET)

^*=no adequate information.