Removal of pharmaceutical compounds, nitroimidazoles, from waters by using the ozone/carbon system

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4163-4171

  Sanchez Polo M ^a   Rivera Utrilla, J ^a   Prados Joya, G ^a   Ferro Garcia M A ^a   Bautista Toledo, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; HO radical dot radicals; Nitroimidazoles; Ozonation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HIGH AFFINITY; NITRATE IONS; NITROIMIDAZOLES; OPERATIONAL VARIABLES; OXIDATION BY-PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL RATE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRATE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; OZONE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; DRUG; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); OZONATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 51349088937     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.05.034     Document Type: Article

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