Response to comment on "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 43, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5152-5154

  Burns, Darcy C ^a   Ellis, David A ^a   Webster, Eva ^a   McMurdo, Colin J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; WATER;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PKA; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 67649999434     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es900815a     Document Type: Letter

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