Atmospheric concentrations and gas/particle partitioning of neutral poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in northern German coast

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 207-213

  Wang, Zhen ^a,b   Xie, Zhiyong ^a   Möller, Axel ^a,c   Mi, Wenying ^a   Wolschke, Hendrik ^a   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^c GBA Gesellschaft für Bioanalytik GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

FTOHs; Gas particle partitioning; Long range atmospheric transport; Polyfluoroalkyl substances

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISSOCIATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID DISSOCIATION CONSTANTS; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; FTOHS; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING; LONG-RANGE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE (FOSAS); POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES;

VAPORS;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; FLUOROTELOMER ACRYLATE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; PERFLUOROALKYL; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDOETHANOL; SULFONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONDENSATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERE CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LOGLINEAR MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASHORE; URBAN AREA; VAPOR PRESSURE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84903195874     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.036     Document Type: Article

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