Sonochemical degradation of perfluorooctanesulfonate in aqueous film-forming foams

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 432-438

  Vecitis, Chad D ^a   Wang, Yajuan ^b   Cheng, Jie ^c   Park, Hyunwoong ^d   Mader, Brian T ^e   Hoffmann, Michael R ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^e 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILICS; AQUEOUS FILMS; COSOLVENTS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENTS; FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; HYDROCARBON SURFACTANTS; MATRIX; MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS; OIL REFINERIES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; SONOCHEMICAL; SONOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; SPREADABILITY; SULFATE PRODUCTION; SURFACTANT PROPERTIES; THERMAL STABILITY; ULTRASONIC IRRADIATION;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGRADATION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; SONOCHEMISTRY;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

FLUORIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; METHYLENE BLUE; ORGANIC CARBON; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SULFATE; SURFACTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DEGRADATION; FOAM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROCARBON; SURFACTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; ULTRASONICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 75349098775     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902444r     Document Type: Article

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