Polyparameter linear free energy relationships for estimating the equilibrium partition of organic compounds between water and the natural organic matter in soils and sediments

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 913-924

  Nguyen, Thanh H ^a   Goss, Kai Uwe ^b   Ball, William P ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FREE ENERGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

CHEMICAL PARTITIONING; MOLECULAR CONNECTIVITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 4 NONYLPHENOL; ACETOPHENONE; ACRIDINE; CARBARIL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; OCTANOL; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSALONE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; WATER;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 13844270669     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048839s     Document Type: Review

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