Biogenic nanoscale colloids in wastewater effluents

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 8216-8222

  Song, Guixue ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Chiu, Chao An ^a   Westerhoff, Paul ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATED LAGOONS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENTANGLED NETWORKS; FULVIC ACIDS; HYDRODYNAMIC SIZE; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METAL COMPLEXATION; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; NITROGEN CONTENT; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SIZE FRACTION; SORPTION POTENTIAL; SURFACE AREA; TRICKLING FILTER; UV DETECTOR; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMIDES; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); COMPLEXATION; DIALYSIS; EVAPORATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEMBRANE FOULING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

BIOGENIC ORGANIC NANOSCALE MATERIAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; BIOREACTOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLLOID; DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; EVAPORATION; FOULING; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLOID; EFFLUENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NANOANALYSIS; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; COLLOIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78549239614     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101208b     Document Type: Article

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