Indirect photolysis of perfluorochemicals: Hydroxyl radical-initiated oxidation of N-ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido acetate (N-EtFOSAA) and other perfluoroalkanesulfonamides

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3662-3668

  Plumlee, Megan H ^a,c   Mcneill, Kristopher ^b   Reinhard, Martin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BIMOLECULAR REACTION; DEALKYLATION; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HYDROXYL RADICALS; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUORINATED SURFACTANTS; PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; REACTION PATHWAYS; UPPER LIMITS; UV REGION; UV VISIBLE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM;

DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; SORPTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; N ETHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; N ETHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOACETATE; N ETHYL PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDOETHANOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE ACETATE; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETATE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SURFACTANT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DEALKYLATION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ENVIRONMENT; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; METHANOL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 66249114654     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803411w     Document Type: Article

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