Gas/particle partitioning behavior of perfluorocarboxylic acids with terrestrial aerosols

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8542-8547

  Arp, Hans Peter H ^a,b   Goss, Kai Uwe ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE FORMATION; AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; CONDENSED WATER; DEVELOPED MODEL; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING; INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZABLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MODELING RESULTS; PARTICLE FILTER; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; REMOVAL MECHANISM; TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS; VAPOR PHASE; WATER SURFACE;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGGLOMERATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTITIONING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACTANT;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER ABSORPTION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; FLUOROCARBONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER;

EID: 72249099874     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901864s     Document Type: Article

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