BUFFALO, N.Y. — One of the ways that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) earn their “forever chemical” nickname and persist in the environment is their acidity. Many of these toxic chemicals ...
The acid dissociation constant, K a, and its negative decadic log, pK a, are key life sciences parameters that describe molecular acidity. Specifically, these values indicate the protonation state of ...
An illustration of a PFAS breakdown product in its negatively charged and neutral forms, depicted in a dynamic back-and-forth between these states. The accompanying chart illustrates a plot that ...