Global emission inventories for C4-C14 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid (PFCA) homologues from 1951 to 2030, part II: The remaining pieces of the puzzle

Environment International

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-176

  Wang, Zhanyun ^a   Cousins, Ian T ^b   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Buck, Robert C ^c   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global emission inventory; Hydrofluorocarbons; Hydrofluoroethers; Perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs); Side chain fluorinated polymers; Substances based on perfluoroalkane sulfonyl fluorides (PASFs)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHAINS; DEGRADATION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

FLUORINATED POLYMERS; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; HYDROFLUOROCARBONS; HYDROFLUOROETHERS; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SUBSTANCES BASED ON PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONYL FLUORIDES (PASFS);

FLUOROCARBONS;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUORINATED ETHYLENE PROPYLENE COPOLYMER; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROTELOMER; PERFLUOROALKOXYL POLYMER; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONYL FLUORIDE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONYL FLUORIDE; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONYL FLUORIDE; POLITEF; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DEGRADATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBALIZATION; HYDROFLUOROCARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

GLOBAL EMISSION INVENTORY; HYDROFLUOROCARBONS; HYDROFLUOROETHERS; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS (PFCAS); SIDE-CHAIN FLUORINATED POLYMERS; SUBSTANCES BASED ON PERFLUOROALKANE SULFONYL FLUORIDES (PASFS);

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84901372489     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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