Environmental degradation of polyacrylamides. 1. Effects of artificial environmental conditions: Temperature, light, and pH

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-135

  Smith, Eldon A ^a   Prues, Susan L ^a   Oehme, Frederick W ^b  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SURFACTANT; THICKENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; LIGHT; PH; POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030297218     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0091     Document Type: Article

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