Size, number and chemical composition of nanosized particles in drinking water determined by analytical microscopy and LIBD

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 2778-2786

  Kaegi, R ^a   Wagner, T ^b   Hetzer, B ^b   Sinnet, B ^a   Tzvetkov, G ^c   Boller, M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM; Drinking water; LIBD; Microscopy; STXM; TEM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELONGATED FIBERS; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN DETECTION (LIBD);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMAGE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIAMETER; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; FIBER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN DETECTION; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 43049089680     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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