Effect of carboxylic acid content on the acute toxicity of oil sands naphthenic acids

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Frank, Richard A ^a   Fischer, Katharina ^b   Kavanagh, Richard ^b   Kent Burnison, B ^c   Arsenault, Gilles ^d   Headley, John V ^c   Peru, Kerry M ^c   Van Glen Kraak, D E R ^b   Solomon, Keith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Research Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITIES; HYDROGEN ATOMS; METHYL ESTERS; NAPHTHENIC ACIDS; NMR ANALYSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCES;

ATOMS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DISTILLATION; ESTERS; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SANDS; TOXICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROGEN; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DISTILLATION; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL SAND; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISTILLATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECT; LUMINESCENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DAPHNIA; ESTERS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OILS; SILICON DIOXIDE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 61649120814     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8021057     Document Type: Article

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