Nitrogen origins and the role of ozonation in the formation of haloacetonitriles and halonitromethanes in chlorine water treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 12832-12838

  Yang, Xin ^a   Shang, Chii ^b   Shen, Qianqian ^a   Chen, Baiyang ^c   Westerhoff, Paul ^d   Peng, Jinfeng ^a   Guo, Wanhong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE STRUCTURES; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIO; CHLORAMINATION; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; HALOACETONITRILES; LOW CARBON; MONOCHLORAMINE; NATURAL WATERS; NITRO GROUP; NITROGEN SOURCES; PRE-OZONATION; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER CHLORINATION;

ALDEHYDES; AMINATION; AMINO ACIDS; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; OZONIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN;

ACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; CHLORINE; CHLOROPICRIN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HALOACETONITRILE DERIVATIVE; HALONITROMETHANE; METHANE; MONOCHLORAMINE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CHLORINE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; HYDROPHOBICITY; NITROGEN; OZONE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; OZONATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ACETONITRILES; CHLORINE; HALOGENATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROPARAFFINS; OZONE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84870483144     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302993u     Document Type: Article

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