Volatility of chlorinated n-alkanes (C10-C12): Vapor pressures and Henry's law constants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1252-1260

  Drouillard, Ken G ^a   Tomy, Gregg T ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Friesen, Ken J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorinated n alkanes; Gas sparging; Gas liquid chromatography; Henry's law constant; Vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; POLLUTANT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031781831     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<1252:VOCNAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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