Partitioning, aqueous solubility, and dipole moment data for cis- and trans-(4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol, principal contaminants of the West Virginia chemical spill

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 123-127

  Dietrich, Andrea M ^a   Thomas, Ashly ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Smiley, Elizabeth ^a   Shanaiah, Narasimhamurthy ^b   Ahart, Megan ^a   Charbonnet, Katherine A ^c   Deyonker, Nathan J ^c   Alexander, William A ^c   Gallagher, Daniel L ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; DIPOLE MOMENT; ISOMERS; METHANOL; OIL SPILLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTABLE WATER; SOLUBILITY;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; CHEMICAL RELEASE; FATE AND TRANSPORT; MARITIME SECURITY; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PARTITION BEHAVIORS; PARTITION PROPERTIES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84969256752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00061     Document Type: Article

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