Identification of novel polyfluorinated ether sulfonates as PFOS alternatives in municipal sewage sludge in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6519-6527

  Ruan, Ting ^a   Lin, Yongfeng ^a   Wang, Thanh ^b   Liu, Runzeng ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPLATING SHOPS; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; SORPTION BEHAVIORS;

ETHERS;

ALKYL GROUP; ETHER; FLUOROTELOMER SULFONATE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUORINATED ETHER SULFONATE; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ETHER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOFLUORINE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFONATE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; DRY WEIGHT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHER; FLUOROCARBONS; SEWAGE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930643814     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01010     Document Type: Article

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