Formation of C7F15COOH (PFOA) and other perfluorocarboxylic acids during the atmospheric oxidation of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 924-930

  Wallington, T J ^a   Hurley, M D ^a   Xia, J ^b   Wuebbles, D J ^b   Sillman, S ^c   Ito, A ^c   Penner, J E ^c   Ellis, D A ^d   Martin, J ^d   Mabury, S A ^d   Nielsen, O J ^e   Sulbaek Andersen, M P ^e  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARCTIC FAUNA; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY MODEL; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID (PFOA);

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FAUNA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; TOXICITY; ARCTIC; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ALCOHOLS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; FLUOROCARBONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 32344449992     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051858x     Document Type: Article

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