Structure-biodegradability relationship of nonylphenol isomers during biological wastewater treatment process

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 987-994

  Hao, Ruixia ^a   Li, Jianbing ^b   Zhou, Yuwen ^a   Cheng, Shuiyuan ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; GC MS; Isomer; Nonylphenol; Structure; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGES; BIODEGRADATION RATES; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; GC-MS; GC-MS ANALYSIS; ISOMER STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR CONNECTIVITY INDEXES; NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL ISOMERS; RETENTION TIME; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SIDE BRANCHES; SPECTROGRAMS; STRUCTURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BATCH REACTORS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ISOMERS;

NONYLPHENOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; DETECTION METHOD; EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EFFLUENT; INFLUENT; ISOMER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CONNECTIVITY INDEX; PARAMETER; RETENTION TIME; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOMERISM; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 65049084207     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.069     Document Type: Article

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