Aerobic soil biodegradation of 8:2 fluorotelomer stearate monoester

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3831-3836

  Dasu, Kavitha ^a   Liu, Jinxia ^a   Lee, Linda S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; AEROBIC SOIL; AUTOCLAVED SOIL; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ESTER LINKAGES; ETHYL ACETATES; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MONOESTERS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SOIL MICROCOSMS;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DEGRADATION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOILS; STEARIC ACID;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FLUOROTELOMER STEARATE MONOESTER; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HYDROLYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOSM; ORGANIC ACID; OXIC CONDITIONS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AEROBIC SOIL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FATTY ACID METABOLISM; HALF LIFE TIME; HEATING; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOSM; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; KINETICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STEARATES;

EID: 84859342637     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203978g     Document Type: Article

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