An overview of the methods used in the characterisation of natural organic matter (NOM) in relation to drinking water treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1431-1442

  Matilainen, Anu ^a   Gjessing, Egil T ^c   Lahtinen, Tanja ^d   Hed, Leif ^e   Bhatnagar, Amit ^f   Sillanpää, Mika ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e Technology Centre KETEK Ltd   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Drinking water; Natural organic matter (NOM); Water analysis; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHARACTERISATION; DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; SPECIFIC UV ABSORBANCE; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

DRINKING WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RESIN; SURFACE WATER;

ADSORPTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLOR; DRINKING WATER; HYGIENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PURIFICATION; SURFACE WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FRACTIONATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; REVIEW; SPECIFIC ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79955736678     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.018     Document Type: Review

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