Sorption of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolites by activated carbon in clean water and sediment slurries

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4336-4346

  Hale, Sarah E ^a   Tomaszewski, Jeanne E ^b   Luthy, Richard G ^c   Werner, David ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon fouling; Organochlorine pesticide; Passive sampling; Polyethylene; Sorbent amendment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; DEPOSITS; ISOMERS; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POLYETHYLENES; SEDIMENTS; SORPTION;

AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; CLEAN WATER SYSTEMS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; MASS TRANSFER MODELING; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES;

METABOLITES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; POLYETHYLENE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DDE; DDT; FOULING; MASS TRANSFER; ORGANOCHLORINE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PESTICIDE; SLURRY; SORPTION;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 69949095061     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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