Diaromatic sulphur-containing 'naphthenic' acids in process waters

Water Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 206-215

  West, Charles E ^a   Scarlett, Alan G ^a   Tonkin, Andrew ^a   O'Carroll Fitzpatrick, Devon ^a   Pureveen, Jos ^b   Tegelaar, Erik ^b   Gieleciak, Rafal ^c,d   Hager, Darcy ^c   Petersen, Karina ^e   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^e   Rowland, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accurate mass; GCxGC MS; GCxGC SCD; Naphthenic acids

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHAS; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PHASE SEPARATION; TOXICITY;

ACCURATE MASS; CHEMILUMINESCENCE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GCXGC-MS; GCXGC-SCD; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WATERS; NAPHTHENIC ACID; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION COLUMNS;

SULFUR;

DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; ETHER; NAPHTHENIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHER; FISH; FRACTIONATION; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC ACID; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXICITY;

ACCURACY; ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SILVER STAINING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION COLUMN; WATER POLLUTION;

SALMONIDAE;

ACCURATE MASS; GCXGC-MS; GCXGC-SCD; NAPHTHENIC ACIDS; SO(2) ACIDS;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATOCYTES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895072740     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.058     Document Type: Article

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