Degradation of naturally contaminated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in municipal sewage sludge by electron beam irradiation

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-11

  Chung, B Y ^a   Cho, J Y ^b   Song, C H ^b   Park, B J ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron beam irradiation; PAHs; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; BUSINESS MEDIA; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCIES; DOMESTIC WASTEWATERS; ELECTRON BEAM IRRADIATION (EBI); FIRST ORDERS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE (MSS); SPRINGER (CO);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; HYDROCARBONS; IRRADIATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RADIATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES; SEWAGE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SULFATE MINERALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ELECTRON BEAM; REACTION ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEWAGE;

EID: 46249099628     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9435-4     Document Type: Article

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