Pathway of diethyl phthalate photolysis in sea-water determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and compound-specific isotope analysis

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 220-226

  Peng, Xuewei ^a,b   Feng, Lijuan ^a   Li, Xianguo ^a  

^a Ocean University of China   (China)

^b WEIFANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound specific isotope analysis; Diethyl phthalate; Intermediate; Mechanism; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEGRADATION; ESTERS; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MECHANISMS; MOLECULES; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SEAWATER;

COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; DIETHYL PHTHALATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES (GC-MS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTERMEDIATE; ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATIONS; MECHANISM INVESTIGATION;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; SEA WATER;

DEGRADATION; ENRICHMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PHTHALATE; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMBUSTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 84869884692     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.045     Document Type: Article

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