Laboratory studies on the fate of perfluoroalkyl carboxylates and sulfonates during snowmelt

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6872-6878

  Plassmann, Merle M ^a,c   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)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ANTHROPOGENIC CHEMICALS; CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CARBON ATOMS; ELUTION PROFILES; LABORATORY STUDIES; LONG CHAINS; MODEL SIMULATION; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; SNOWMELT; SOURCE REGION; SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBOXYLATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

SNOW;

CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SNOW; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CALCIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SNOWMELT; SULFONATE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELUTION; LABORATORY; MELTING POINT; SEDIMENT;

ALKANESULFONATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUOROCARBONS; FREEZING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LABORATORIES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SNOW; SULFONAMIDES; WATER;

EID: 80051742182     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201249d     Document Type: Article

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