Hydrophobic organic compound partitioning from bulk water to the water/air interface

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-167

  Gustafsson, Örjan ^a,b   Gschwend, Philip M ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental chemistry; Flourescence spectroscopy; Flourescent probe; Methylperylene; PAH

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; WATER;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; METHYLPERYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

EID: 0032890193     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00212-X     Document Type: Article

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