Synthesis and application of a quaternary phosphonium polymer coagulant to avoid N-nitrosamine formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 13392-13401

  Zeng, Teng ^a   Pignatello, Joseph J ^b   Li, Russell Jingxian ^c   Mitch, William A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BYPRODUCTS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; NITROSAMINES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; COAGULATION PERFORMANCE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION; FORMATION POTENTIAL; POLY (DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); QUATERNARY AMMONIUM; QUATERNARY NITROGENS;

POLYMERS;

NITROGEN; NITROSAMINE; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

CHLORIDE; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROSATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS; TURBIDITY; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; FLOCCULATION;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORAMINES; DISINFECTION; FLOCCULATION; NITROSAMINES; NITROSATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84924566118     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es504091s     Document Type: Article

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