Fluorotelomer ethoxylates: Sources of highly fluorinated environmental contaminants part I: Biotransformation

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1387-1392

  Frömel, Tobias ^a   Knepper, Thomas P ^a  

^a FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Fluorotelomer alcohols; HPLC MS MS; Non ionic fluorinated surfactants; PFOA

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; BIODEGRADATION TEST; BIOTRANSFORMATION PROCESS; BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCT; CARBON ATOMS; COMMERCIAL MIXTURES; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CONVERSION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ETHOXYLATES; FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS; HPLC-MS/MS; LINEAR ION TRAP; NONIONIC; PERFLUOROALKYL CHAINS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PFOA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; QUADRUPOLES; STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION;

CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROTELOMER ETHOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLLUTANT; SURFACTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HALF LIFE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDATION; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FLUORINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; SYNTHESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; CAPRYLATES;

EID: 77956061727     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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