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. 2020 Dec 9;40(1):24–36. doi: 10.1002/etc.4894

Table 1.

Focused per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances analyte list for projects conducted under SERDP and ESTCP

Group Analyte name Acronym No. of perfluorinated carbons Chemical Abstract Services registry no.
Perfluoroalkyl carboxylates (PFCAs) Perfluorobutanoic acid PFBA 3 375‐22‐4
Perfluoropentanoic acid PFPeA 4 2706‐90‐3
Perfluorohexanoic acid PFHxA 5 307‐24‐4
Perfluoroheptanoic acid PFHpA 6 375‐85‐9
Perfluorooctanoic acid PFOA 7 335‐67‐1
Perfluorononanoic acid PFNA 8 375‐95‐1
Perfluorodecanoic acid PFDA 9 335‐76‐2
Perfluoroundecanoic acid PFUnA 10 2058‐94‐8
Perfluorododecanoic acid PFDoA 11 307‐55‐1
Perfluorotridecanoic acid PFTriA 12 72629‐94‐8
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid PFTreA 13 376‐06‐7
Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFSAs) Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid PFBS 4 375‐73‐5
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid PFPeS 5 3872‐25‐1
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid PFHxS 6 355‐46‐4
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid PFHpS 7 375‐92‐8
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid PFOS 8 1763‐23‐1
Perfluorononanesulfonic acid PFNS 9 68259‐12‐1
Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid PFDS 10 335‐77‐3
Perfluoroalkane sulfonamides (PFASAs) Perfluorooctane sulfonamide PFOSA 8 754‐91‐6
Fluorotelomer sulfonates Flurorotelomer sulfonic acid 4:2 FtS 4:2 4 757124‐72‐4
Flurorotelomer sulfonic acid 6:2 FtS 6:2 6 27619‐97‐2
Flurorotelomer sulfonic acid 8:2 FtS 8:2 8 39108‐34‐4
N‐ethyl and N‐methyl perfluoroalkane sulfonamidoacetic acids and salts (EtFASAAs and MeFASAAs) 2‐(N‐ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido) acetic acid N‐EtFOSAA 8 2991‐50‐6
2‐(N‐methyl perfluorooctane sulfonamido) acetic acid N‐MeFOSAA 8 2355‐31‐9

PFAS = per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances; SERDP = Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program; ESTCP = Environmental Security Technology Certification Program.