Partitioning of alcohol ethoxylates and polyethylene glycols in the marine environment: Field samplings vs laboratory experiments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 671-678

  Traverso Soto, Juan M ^a   Brownawell, Bruce J ^b   González Mazo, Eduardo ^a   Lara Martín, Pablo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Salinity; Sediment; Sorption; Surfactants; Tide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; DEGRADATION; SEDIMENTS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); SORPTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TIDES;

ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODEL; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SALINITY; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; NEODOL-12; SURFACTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALCOHOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SALINITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SORPTION; SURFACTANT; WATER COLUMN;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DESORPTION; ESTUARY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; STEADY STATE; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NEW YORK CITY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901593817     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.061     Document Type: Article

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