Determining the equilibrium partitioning coefficients of volatile organic compounds at an air-water interface

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 935-942

  Cheng, Wen Hsi ^a   Chou, Ming Shean ^b   Perng, Chih Hao ^b   Chu, Fu Sui ^a  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Henry law; Partitioning coefficient; Single equilibration technique; Volatile organic compound (VOC)

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KETONES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROPANE; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOLUENE;

SINGLE EQUILIBRATION TECHNIQUE (SET);

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ISOBUTANOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVALUATION; GAS; HEAT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE TRANSITION; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0344034724     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.038     Document Type: Article

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