Chemistry, Properties, and Uses of Commercial Fluorinated Surfactants

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-24

  Buck, Robert C ^a   Murphy, Peter M ^b   Pabon, Martial ^c  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b SA ^*  (United States)

^c Du Pont de Nemours International SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical production; Fluorinated surfactants; Physico chemical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995556569     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21872-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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