Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at the air-water interface and its role in atmospheric deposition by fog droplets

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2318-2323

  Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Equilibrium; Interface; Kinetics; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FOG; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); WASTEWATER;

AIR BUBBLES; PARTITION CONSTANTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

2 NITROPHENOL; 2 PROPANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ANILINE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; META CRESOL; METHANOL; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENANTHRENE; PHENOL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; PROPANOL; PYRENE; SOLVENT; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AIR-WATER INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DROPLET; PAH;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOG; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTOR; REVIEW; SOLVATION; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOLS; AIR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER; WEATHER;

EID: 4644273932     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-321     Document Type: Review

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