Fate of a14C-labeled nonylphenol isomer in a laboratory-scale membrane bioreactor

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6131-6136

  Cirja, Magdalena ^a   Zühlke, Sebastian ^b   Ivashechkin, Pavel ^a   Schäffer, Andreas ^a   Corvini, Philippe F X ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OXIDATION; PHENOLS;

MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; RADIOLABELED COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION PROCESSES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 (1 ETHYL 1,3 DIMETHYLPENTYL)PHENOL; CARBON; CARBON 14; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREACTORS; DEGRADATION; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OXIDATION; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOREACTOR; CARBON ISOTOPE; MASS BALANCE; MEMBRANE; PHENOL; RADIOACTIVITY; TRACER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMER; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METABOLITE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; SLUDGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERISM; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33749377698     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060668z     Document Type: Article

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