Perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids with up to 22 carbon atoms in snow and soil samples from a ski area

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 832-837

  Plassmann, Merle M ^a,b   Berger, Urs ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long chain PFCAs; Perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids; Ski wax; Snow; Soil

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SNOW; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WAXES;

ANALYTE CONCENTRATION; CARBON ATOMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED TO TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LONG CHAINS; PATTERN CHANGE; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SKI WAX;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INVENTORY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERMAFROST; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WAX;

ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; SKIING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84875673622     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.066     Document Type: Article

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