6:2 Fluorotelomer alcohol biotransformation in an aerobic river sediment system

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-209

  Zhao, Lijie ^a   Folsom, Patrick W ^b   Wolstenholme, Barry W ^b   Sun, Hongwen ^a   Wang, Ning ^b   Buck, Robert C ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

5:3 Polyfluorinated acid (5:3 acid); 6:2 FTOH; Biotransformation; Perfluorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs); Polyfluorinated carboxylic acids; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOCONVERSION; CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; KETONES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

5:3 POLYFLUORINATED ACID (5:3 ACID); 6:2 FTOH; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONSUMER APPLICATIONS; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TRANSIENT INTERMEDIATE;

OXIC SEDIMENTS;

6:2 FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROORGANISM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

EID: 84869876821     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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