Removal of steroid estrogens from wastewater using granular activated carbon: Comparison between virgin and reactivated carbon

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 394-400

  Rowsell, Victoria Francesca ^a   Pang, Dawn Sok Cheng ^a   Tsafou, Foteini ^a   Voulvoulis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Granular activated carbon; High performance liquid chromatography; Steroid estrogens; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION; COST EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS; EUROPEAN LEGISLATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; REACTIVATED CARBONS; STEROID ESTROGENS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ACTIVATED CARBON; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; CARBON; ESTROGEN; STEROID;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STEROID; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTROGENS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STEROIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 66149108038     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X357093     Document Type: Article

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