Perfluoroalkyl acids in municipal landfill leachates from China: Occurrence, fate during leachate treatment and potential impact on groundwater

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-31

  Yan, Hong ^a   Cousins, Ian T ^b   Zhang, Chaojie ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Leachate; Mass flow; Perfluoroalkyl acids; Treatment

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LAND FILL; MASS TRANSFER; POTABLE WATER;

CHINA; LEACHATES; MASS FLOW; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; TREATMENT;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

GROUND WATER; PENTAFLUOROPROPIONIC ACID; PERFLUORO 1 BUTANESULFONIC ACID POTASSIUM; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROBUTYRIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONIC ACID POTASSIUM; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LANDFILL; LEACHATE; ORGANIC ACID; WATER FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LANDFILL LEACHATE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84927585615     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.111     Document Type: Article

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