Mixtures of quaternary ammonium compounds and anionic organic compounds in the aquatic environment: Elimination and biodegradability in the closed bottle test monitored by LC-MS/MS

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-484

  Sutterlin H ^a   Alexy, R ^a   Coker, A ^a   Kummerer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anionic surfactant; Biodegradability; Elimination; Ionic pair; LC MS MS; Quaternary ammonium compound

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER QUALITY;

IONIC PAIR; ORGANIC COUNTER IONS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANION; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; BENZALKONIUM; BENZENE SULFONIC ACID; DETERGENT; DIDECYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; ETHACRIDINE LACTATE; NAPHTHALENE SULFONIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION; QUATERNARY; TESTING METHOD;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; ELIMINATION REACTION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ETHACRIDINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 43649106999     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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