Identification and composition of emerging quaternary ammonium compounds in municipal sewage sludge in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4289-4297

  Ruan, Ting ^a   Song, Shanjun ^a   Wang, Thanh ^a   Liu, Runzeng ^a   Lin, Yongfeng ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COMMERCIAL STANDARDS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HOMOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; VOLUME; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MASS SPECTROMETER; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE; STANDARDIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CHINA;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84898859595     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4050314     Document Type: Article

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