Colloidal organic matter from wastewater treatment plant effluents: Characterization and role in metal distribution

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 340-350

  Worms, Isabelle A M ^a   Al Gorani Szigeti, Zsofia ^a   Dubascoux, Stephane ^b   Lespes, Gaetane ^b   Traber, Jacqueline ^c   Sigg, Laura ^c   Slaveykova, Vera I ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical flow field flow fractionation; Colloids; LC OCD; Metal binding; Tangential flow ultrafiltration; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FLOW FIELDS; FRACTIONATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ZINC;

ASYMMETRICAL FLOW FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; LC-OCD; METAL BINDING; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MOLAR-MASS FRACTIONS; MULTIDETECTION; TANGENTIAL FLOW ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HUMIC ACID; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SILVER; ZINC;

COLLOID; EFFLUENT; FRACTIONATION; METAL BINDING; ORGANIC MATTER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 71549163756     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.037     Document Type: Article

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