Oxidation-coagulation of β-blockers by K2FeVIO4 in hospital wastewater: Assessment of degradation products and biodegradability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-147

  Wilde, Marcelo L ^a   Mahmoud, Waleed M M ^b,c   Kümmerer, Klaus ^b   Martins, Ayrton F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blockers; Degradation pathways; Ferrate advanced oxidation; Hospital wastewater; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION; ADVANCED OXIDATION TECHNOLOGY; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

BIODEGRADATION; BOTTLES; COAGULATION; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

HOSPITALS;

ATENOLOL; FERRIC ACID; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FERRATE ION; HOSPITAL WASTE; IRON; METOPROLOL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIODEGRADATION; COAGULATION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOREMEDIATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HOSPITAL WASTE; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HOSPITAL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ATENOLOL; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALS; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; METOPROLOL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROPRANOLOL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84875242048     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.059     Document Type: Article

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