Modeling the adsorption of emerging contaminants on activated carbon: Classical and quantum QSAR approaches

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1543-1552

  Zhang, Juan ^a   Hofmann, Ron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated; Carbon; Contaminants; Emerging; Modeling; QSAR; Quantum; RSSCT; Water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CARBON; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; IMPURITIES; LAKES; MODELS; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; WATER;

ACTIVATED; EMERGING; QSAR; QUANTUM; RSSCT;

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY;

4 NONYLPHENOL; ACTIVATED CARBON; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIMPYLATE; ESTRADIOL; IBUPROFEN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TYLOSIN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANKING; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84889609074     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.163     Document Type: Article

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