Note: Cover -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Surfactants: properties, production and environmental aspects -- 1.1 Introduction: from soap to modern surfactants -- 1.2 General properties of surfactants -- 1.3 Production rates and use of relevant surfactants -- 1.4 Raw materials -- 1.5 Synthesis of surfactants -- 1.6 Analysis of surfactants and their degradation products -- 1.7 Fate of surfactants and environmental problems -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2. Separation and detection -- 2.1 GC and GC-MS determination of surfactants -- 2.2 Capillary electrophoresis in surfactant analysis -- 2.3 LC determination using conventional detectors -- 2.4 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„I. General aspects -- 2.5 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„II. Flow injection analysis„mass and tandem mass spectrometry in the analysis of surfactants„advantages and disadvantages -- 2.6 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„III. Non-ionic surfactants: LCMS and LCMSMS of alkylphenol ethoxylates and their degradation products -- 2.7 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„IV. Non-ionic surfactants: LCMS of alkyl polyglucosides and alkyl glucamides -- 2.8 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„V. Non-ionic surfactants: Flow injection analysis„mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography„mass spectrometry of organosilicone surfactants -- 2.9 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„VI. Non-ionic surfactants LCMS of other non-ionic surfactants -- 2.10 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„VII. Anionic surfactants: LCMS of alkylbenzene sulfonates and related compounds -- 2.11 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„VIII. Anionic surfactants: LCMS of other anionic surfactants. , 2.12 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„IX. LCMS analyses of cationic surfactants. methods and applications -- 2.13 Atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry„X. LC„MS of amphoteric surfactants -- Chapter 3. Sample handling -- 3.1 Sampling and sample treatment for surfactant analysis in water -- 3.2 Methods for the sample handling of non-ionic surfactants in sludges and sediments -- 3.3 Sample handling for the determination of surfactants in biota -- Chapter 4. Quantification and quality assurance in surfactant analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Reference compounds in quantification of surfactants, their metabolites and reaction by-products -- 4.3 Advantages and limitations in surfactant quantification by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry -- 4.4 Stability of surfactants in post-sampling storage -- 4.5 Interlaboratory studies for the determination of surfactants -- Chapter 5. Environmental processes -- 5.1 Aerobic biodegradation of surfactants -- 5.2 Anaerobic biodegradation of surfactants -- 5.3 Biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates in the marine environment -- 5.4 Surfactant sorption on natural sediments -- 5.5 Fate of organosilicone surfactants -- Chapter 6. Occurrence of surfactants in the environment -- 6.1 Concentrations of surfactants in wastewater treatment plants -- 6.2 Occurrence of surfactants in surface waters and freshwater sediments„I. Alkylphenol ethoxylates and their degradation products -- 6.3 Occurrence of surfactants in surface waters and freshwater sediments„II. Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates and their carboxylated degradation products -- 6.4 Non-ionic surfactants in marine and estuarine environments -- 6.5 Anionic surfactants in marine and estuarine environments -- 6.6 Surfactants in drinking water occurrence and treatment. , 6.7 Occurrence and fate of surfactants in soil, subsoil, and groundwater -- Chapter 7. Toxicity of surfactants -- 7.1 Toxicity of surfactants for aquatic life -- 7.2 Bioconcentration -- 7.3 Estrogenicity of surfactants -- 7.4 Risk assessment of surfactants -- Chapter 8. Recommendations and future trends -- 8.1 Monitoring -- 8.2 Analytical aspects -- 8.3 Legislative regulations force action -- 8.4 Final remarks and perspectives of a continuously changing market -- Glossary -- Index.