The environmental photolysis of perfluorooctanesulfonate, perfluorooctanoate, and related fluorochemicals

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1686-1692

  Taniyasu, Sachi ^a   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Eriko ^a   Petrick, Gert ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorotelomer alcohol; High altitude mountain; Perfluorochemicals; PFOS; Photodegradation; Photolysis

Indexed keywords

PHOTOLYSIS;

FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; HIGH ALTITUDE MOUNTAIN; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; PFOS;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALTITUDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; JAPAN; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUNA KEA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872273257     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.065     Document Type: Article

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