Dioxin
Dioxin stands for the following chemical substances in various contexts:
- In general usage for certain environmentally hazardous, polyhalogenated derivatives of dibenzodioxin , see:
- Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans ( PCDD / PCDF for short ; in connection with "dioxin scandals" this group of substances is usually meant)
- Polybrominated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans ( PBDD / PBDF for short )
- Polyfluorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (short PFDD / PFDF )
- Especially for
- 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (2,3,7,8-TCDD), the best known and most toxic polychlorinated dibenzodioxin as sevesodioxin
- Chemically according to the Hantzsch-Widman nomenclature for certain heterocyclic compounds, more precisely doubly unsaturated six-membered rings that contain two oxygen atoms:
See also:
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