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Table 2.

Sorption percentages or occurrence of surfactants in environmental samples.

Type of analyte	Type of sample	Sorption percentages (%) or concentration	The literature
CSAA
DTDMAC	Solids/river water	Higher in solid	[98]
CTAB	Solid	~87	[99]

ASAA
AES	Suspended solids/river water	5–19	[13]
LAS	Suspended solids/river water	<3
	Suspended solids/estuaries water	11–59	[23]
	Suspended solids/sea water	30–59
C₁₀LAS	Liquid/solid	Higher in water	[14]
C₁₃LAS	Solid/liquid	Higher in solid	[14]
SPC	Solid	<1	[100]
Short-chain SPC	Liquid/solid	Higher in water	[14]

NSAA
AEO	Particulate matter	65–100	[13]
NPEO	Estuaries	25–75	[101]
NPE_1-2O, NP	Sediment and suspended solids/liquid	Higher in solids	[14]
NPEC	Liquid/solid	Higher in water	[14]