Kevin E. O'Shea

Computational Study of the Gas-Phase Thermal Degradation and the Reaction Rate Coefficients of Chlorinated Perfluoro-Alkyl Carboxylic Acids

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of ubiquitous pollutants that do not appreciatively biodegrade. A ban on the most commonly used PFAS, perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCA) and perfluoroalkyl sulfonic acids, created a gap that was filled by several similarly heavily fluorinated compounds. While...