Physicochemical properties of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Aqueous solubilities, n-octanol/water partition coefficients, and Henry's law constants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-257

  De Maagd, P Gert Jan ^a   Ten Hulscher, Dorien Th H E M ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Henny ^b   Opperhuizen, Antoon ^a   Sijm, Dick T H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aqueous solubility n Octanol water partition coefficient; Henry's law constant; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031930996     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0251:PPOPAH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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