Chemical fate, latitudinal distribution and long-range transport of cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes in the global environment: A modeling assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 835-843

  Xu, Shihe ^a   Wania, Frank ^b  

^a DOW CORNING CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deposition potential; Half lives in the global environment; Latitudinal distribution of environmental contaminants; Long range transport potential; Multimedia environmental modeling; POPs; Volatile methylsiloxanes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION; SILICONES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DEPOSITION POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT POTENTIALS; POPS; VOLATILE METHYLSILOXANES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CYCLIC VOLATILE METHYLSILOXANE DERIVATIVE; DECAMETHYCYCLOPENTASILOXANE; DODECAMETHYLCYCLOHEXASILOXANE; OCTAMETHYCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MULTIMEDIA; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; POLLUTION;

DEPOSITION POTENTIAL; HALF-LIVES IN THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS; LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT POTENTIAL; MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; POPS; VOLATILE METHYLSILOXANES;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SILOXANES;

EID: 84884414462     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.056     Document Type: Article

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