The atmospheric lifetimes and concentrations of cyclic methylsiloxanes octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) and decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and the influence of heterogeneous uptake

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3181-3191

  Navea, Juan G ^a,b,d   Young, Mark A ^a   Xu, Shihe ^c   Grassian, Vicki H ^a,b   Stanier, Charles O ^b  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D4; D5; Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane; Heterogeneous chemistry; Heterogeneous decay; Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane; Persistent organic pollutants; Tropospheric lifetime; Volatile methyl siloxanes

Indexed keywords

D4; D5; DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMISTRY; HETEROGENEOUS DECAY; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TROPOSPHERIC LIFETIME; VOLATILE METHYL SILOXANES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BENZENE; DECAY (ORGANIC); DUST; GASES; NANOTRIBOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REACTION KINETICS; RURAL AREAS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DECAMETHYLCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; METHYLSILOXANE; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OXIDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALCULATION; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79955049760     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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