Estimation of the acid dissociation constant of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids through an experimental investigation of their water-to-air transport

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 11032-11039

  Vierke, Lena ^a,b   Berger, Urs ^c   Cousins, Ian T ^c  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DISSOCIATION CONSTANTS; BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; VOLATILIZATION MODELS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; DISSOCIATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROALKYLCARBOXYLIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PKA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; VOLATILIZATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

AIR; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FLUOROCARBONS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885169336     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402691z     Document Type: Article

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