Discovery of 40 Classes of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Historical Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs) and AFFF-Impacted Groundwater

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2047-2057

  Barzen Hanson, Krista A ^a   Roberts, Simon C ^b,f   Choyke, Sarah ^c   Oetjen, Karl ^b   McAlees, Alan ^d   Riddell, Nicole ^d   McCrindle, Robert ^e   Ferguson, P Lee ^c   Higgins, Christopher P ^b   Field, Jennifer A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Canada N1G 3M5   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f MDS SCIEX   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT TESTING; GROUNDWATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS;

AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAMS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL FLUORINATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-QUADRUPOLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRIES; NON-TARGET ANALYSIS; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; TRAINING EXERCISE;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ACETIC ACID; ALKYL GROUP; AMPHOLYTE; ANION; CATION; FORMIC ACID; GROUND WATER; HYDROXYL GROUP; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; SULFONAMIDE; TERTIARY AMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FILM; FLAME RETARDANT; FLUOROCARBON; FOAM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AQUEOUS FILMFORMING FOAM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORINATION; FOAM; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOSM; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FLUOROCARBONS; GROUNDWATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85020803360     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05843     Document Type: Article

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