Degradability of an acrylate-linked, fluorotelomer polymer in soil

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6617-6623

  Washington, John W ^a   Ellington, J Jackson ^a   Jenkins, Thomas M ^a,b   Evans, John J ^a,b   Yoo, Hoon ^a,c   Hafner, Sarah C ^a,d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Senior Service America Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^d Student Services Authority

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; DEGRADABILITY; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FLUORINATED COMPOUND; HALF LIVES; LC/MS/MS; MULTI-STEP; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYMER DEGRADATION; RELATED COMPOUNDS; SOIL MICROCOSMS;

DEGRADATION; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

POLYMERS;

ACRYLIC ACID; FLUOROTELOMER POLYMER; POLYMER; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOSM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMER; REACTION RATE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; EXTRACTION; HALF LIFE TIME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROCOSM; SOIL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACRYLATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; FLUOROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 69549138679     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9002668     Document Type: Article

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