Partitioning of chlorinated solvents between pine needles and air

Chemosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1799-1810

  Brown, R H A ^a   Cape, J N ^b   Farmer, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; HEXANE; NITROGEN; OCTANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER; WAX;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GAS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PINE; PLANT LEAF; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032054424     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)10059-5     Document Type: Article

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