Experimental pKa determination for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and the potential impact of pKa concentration dependence on laboratory-measured partitioning phenomena and environmental modeling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9283-9288

  Burns, Darcy C ^a   Ellis, David A ^a   Li, Hongxia ^a   Mcmurdo, Colin J ^a   Webster, Eva ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DISSOCIATIONS; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCES; CORRECTION FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE MODELS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; MIXED SOLVENTS; NEUTRAL SPECIES; ONTARIO; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACIDS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOLVATION EFFECTS;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METHANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

ACIDS;

ACIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; METHANOL; RAINWATER; SURFACTANT;

FLUOROCARBON; METHANOL; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENT; KINETICS; PH;

ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENT; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METHANOL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OCTANOIC ACIDS;

EID: 58149145763     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802047v     Document Type: Article

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