Adsorption of ethinylestradiol (EE2) on polyamide 612: Molecular modeling and effects of water chemistry

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2273-2284

  Han, Jie ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Cao, Zhi ^b   Hu, Jiangyong ^c   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Ethinylestradiol; Hydrogen bond; Hydrophobic partitioning; Polyamide; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMIDES; BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METAL IONS; METALS; MOLECULAR MODELING; POLYAMIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION SELECTIVITY; ESTROGENIC CONTAMINANTS; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; HYDROPHOBIC PARTITIONING; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; AMIDE; CALCIUM; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HUMIC ACID; POLYAMIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; ZINC;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL BONDING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; SALINITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SOLUTE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84875603003     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.01.046     Document Type: Article

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