Investigating the biodegradability of a fluorotelomer-based acrylate polymer in a soil-plant microcosm by indirect and direct analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 12783-12790

  Rankin, Keegan ^a   Lee, Holly ^a   Tseng, Pablo J ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CARBOXYLATION; CHAINS; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC MS/MS); MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

ACRYLIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; POLYMER; SODIUM AZIDE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUOROTELOMER ACRYLATE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; DESORPTION; HYDROLYSIS; IONIZATION; MICROCOSM; MONITORING; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESORPTION; ELECTROSPRAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOSM; PLANT; POLYMERIZATION; SOIL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HALF LIFE TIME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACRYLATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; HALF-LIFE; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; POLYMERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84908583765     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502986w     Document Type: Article

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