Identification of novel fluorinated surfactants in aqueous film forming foams and commercial surfactant concentrates

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-129

  D'Agostino, Lisa A ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAMS; COLLISION-INDUCED DISSOCIATION SPECTRA; ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC MS/MS); NOVEL FLUORINATED SURFACTANTS; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETAINE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FILM; FIRE; FOAM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SURFACTANT; TOXICOLOGY;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM; ARTICLE; CANADA; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; FOAM; ION EXCHANGE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

BETAINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ONTARIO; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891774000     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403729e     Document Type: Article

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