Radiolytic decomposition of multi-class surfactants and their biotransformation products in sewage treatment plant effluents

Chemosphere

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-122

  Petrovic, M ^a,b   Gehringer, P ^c   Eschweiler, H ^c   Barcelo D ^b  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation process; Alkylphenol ethoxylates; Electron beam irradiation; Surfactants; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENTS; IRRADIATION; RADIOLYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DIETHANOLAMINE; MACROGOL; OLIGOMER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; SURFACTANT;

DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; IRRADIATION; RADIOLYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACTANT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON BEAM; ELIMINATION REACTION; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750978142     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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