Concentration levels of urea in swimming pool water and reactivity of chlorine with urea

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1139-1146

  De Laat, Joseph ^a   Feng, Wentao ^a   Freyfer, Diab Adams ^a   Dossier Berne, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

By products; Chloramines; Chlorine demand; Nitrate; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; LAKES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SWIMMING POOLS;

CHLORAMINE; CHLORINE DEMAND; CHLORINE DOSE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; FREE CHLORINE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN VALUES; NITROGEN CONTAMINANT; SWIMMING POOL WATER; TOTAL NITROGEN;

UREA;

CHLORINE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; UREA; WATER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; POOL; SWIMMING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; UREA; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SWIMMING POOL;

EID: 78650579014     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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