Environmental monitoring for linear alkylbenzene sulfonates, dialkyltetralin sulfonates and their biodegradation intermediates

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Trehy, Michael L ^a   Gledhill, William E ^a   Mieure, James P ^a   Adamove, John E ^a   Nielsen, Allen M ^b   Perkins, Herbert O ^b   Eckhoff, William S ^c  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b Vista Chemical Co   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyltetralincarboxylates; Dialkyltetralinsulfonates; Linear alkylbenzenesulfonates; Monitoring; Sulfophenylcarbox ylates

Indexed keywords

ALKYLTETRALINCARBOXYLATES; DIALKYLTETRALINSULFONATES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR ALKYLBENZENESULFONATES; SULFOPHENYLCARBOXYLATES;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONITORING; SEDIMENTS; SULFONATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0030111412     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0233:EMFLAS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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