Subsurface transport potential of perfluoroalkyl acids at aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF)-impacted sites

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4164-4171

  Guelfo, Jennifer L ^a   Higgins, Christopher P ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE SORPTION; GROUNDWATER TRANSPORT; N ,N-DIMETHYLDODECYLAMINE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; SITE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION; SODIUM DECYL SULFATE;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER; IMPURITIES; SODIUM SULFATE; SOILS;

SORPTION;

ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; DECYLSULFATE SODIUM; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANOATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOAM; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOAM; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

CAPRYLATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DECANOIC ACIDS; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; QUALITY CONTROL; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84877615277     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3048043     Document Type: Article

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