Removal of dexamethasone from aqueous solution and hospital wastewater by electrocoagulation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 351-357

  Arsand, Daniel R ^a   Kümmerer, Klaus ^b   Martins, Ayrton F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Electrocoagulation; Hospital effluent; Residual aluminum; Vibrio fischeri test

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; RESIDUAL ALUMINUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALUMINUM; COAGULATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; SOLUTIONS; TOXICITY;

EFFLUENTS;

ALUMINUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ALUMINUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; COAGULATION; EFFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROCOAGULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOSPITALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84870205366     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.100     Document Type: Article

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