Effects of chlorination on the properties of dissolved organic matter and its genotoxicity in secondary sewage effluent under two different ammonium concentrations

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 941-946

  Wu, Qian Yuan ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Li, Yi ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Chlorination; Disinfection by products; Fluorescence spectra; Genotoxicity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINATION; FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; GENOTOXICITIES; SECONDARY SEWAGE EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; RESIN;

AMMONIUM; CHLORINATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GENOTOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; GENOTOXICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 77954955910     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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