Using COSMOtherm to predict physicochemical properties of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs)

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-398

  Wang, Zhanyun ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARTITIONING; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLUME;

EID: 80052020961     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN10143     Document Type: Article

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