Integrated approach to surfactant environmental safety assessment: fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and liquid scintillation counting to determine the …

…, DR Walley, T Keough, BS Schwab, RJ Larson

Index: Simms; Woods; Walley; Keough; Schwab; Larson Analytical Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 64, # 23 p. 2951 - 2957

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Abstract

Fast atom bombardment ma-spectrometry and liquid scintillation countlng have been used to study the biodegra-dation of a novel cationk surfactant in live sludge. The rates of prlmary biodegradation and the extent of complete mlneralzatbn were detennhed. Fwthermore, an intermediate degradation product was identlfled and Its rates of formation and subsequent removal have been establlshod. These data find utility in assessing the envlronnental ...