Review Article
Occurrence of Surface Active Agents in the Environment
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 | 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] | NPE1-2O, NP | Sediment and suspended solids/liquid | Higher in solids |
[14] | NPEC | Liquid/solid | Higher in water |
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