Theoretical and experimental simulation of the fate of semifluorinated n-alkanes during snowmelt

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6692-6697

  Plassmann, Merle M ^a   Meyer, Torsten ^b   Lei, Ying Duan ^b   Wania, Frank ^b   McLachlan, Michael S ^a   Berger, Urs ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; ANTHROPOGENIC CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARTITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; GRAIN SURFACE; LINEAR FREE ENERGY RELATIONSHIPS; LOW WATER; MELT WATER; SEMIFLUORINATED N-ALKANES; SKI WAX; SNOWMELT; SOIL SURFACES;

FLUORINE; INFRARED LAMPS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER VAPOR; WAXES;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; SNOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUORINE; SNOWMELT; SOIL SURFACE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WAX;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COLD; ENERGY; FLUORINATION; MELTING POINT; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ALKANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUORINE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; PHASE TRANSITION; SNOW; TIME FACTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 77956140080     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101562w     Document Type: Article

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