Table 1.
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.