Organic fluorine content in aqueous film forming foams (AFFFs) and biodegradation of the foam component 6:2 fluorotelomermercaptoalkylamido sulfonate (6:2 FTSAS)

Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 486-493

  Weiner, Barbara ^a,b   Yeung, Leo W Y ^a   Marchington, Erin B ^a   D'Agostino, Lisa A ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FILM; FLUORINE; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANOFLUORINE; PLANT; SLUDGE; SULFONATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84890593120     PISSN: 14482517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EN13128     Document Type: Article

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