Comment on "Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its branched isomers" by F.J. Torres, V. Ochoa-Herrera, P. Blowers, R. Sierra-Alvarez [Chemosphere 76 (8) (2009) 1143-1149]

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1455-1456

  Rayne, Sierra ^a   Forest, Kaya ^b  

^a Ecologica Research   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ISOMER; LETTER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 71649112583     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.057     Document Type: Letter

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