Heterogeneous OH initiated oxidation: A possible explanation for the persistence of organophosphate flame retardants in air

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1041-1048

  Liu, Yongchun ^a   Liggio, John ^a   Harner, Tom ^a   Jantunen, Liisa ^a   Shoeib, Mahiba ^a   Li, Shao Meng ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LIFETIME; EMERGING FLAME RETARDANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; HETEROGENEOUS REACTIONS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE ESTERS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; SECOND-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS;

FLAME RETARDANTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FREE RADICALS;

ESTER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS 1,3 DICHLORO 2 PROPYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS 2 ETHYLHEXYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ESTER; METHANOL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; OXALIC ACID; TRIS(2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)PHOSPHATE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COATING; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERSISTENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION RATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COATED PARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MOLECULE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; DIFFUSION; ESTERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXALIC ACID; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84892696713     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es404515k     Document Type: Article

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