Sorption of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds to Plastics in the Marine Environment: Equilibrium

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2019, Pages 185-204

  Endo, Satoshi ^a   Koelmans, Albert A ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Degradation; Intermolecular interaction; Marine plastic; Nanoplastic; Sorption coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055020854     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698_2016_11     Document Type: Chapter

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