Redox-sensitivity and mobility of selected pharmaceutical compounds in a low flow column experiment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-121

  Banzhaf, Stefan ^a   Nödler, Karsten ^b   Licha, Tobias ^b   Krein, Andreas ^c   Scheytt, Traugott ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Column experiment; Denitrification; Nitrate variation; Pharmaceuticals; Redox conditions; Sulfamethoxazole

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; CONTROLLED DEGRADATION; DEGRADABILITY; DICLOFENAC; EFFLUENT WATERS; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LOW FLOW; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; REDOX CONDITION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOUR; UNDER WATER;

AMIDES; DENITRIFICATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EXPERIMENTS; NITRATES; SORPTION;

EFFLUENTS;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DRUG; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REDOX CONDITIONS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG STABILITY; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DENITRIFICATION; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84865956868     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.041     Document Type: Article

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