Triplet photochemistry of effluent and natural organic matter in whole water and isolates from effluent-receiving rivers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3453-3463

  Bodhipaksha, Laleen C ^a   Sharpless, Charles M ^b   Chin, Yu Ping ^c   Sander, Michael ^d   Langston, William K ^b   Mackay, Allison A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; EXCITED STATES; EXTRACTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM YIELD; QUENCHING; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EFFLUENT ORGANIC MATTER; HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PRODUCTION; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION;

RIVERS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; SINGLET OXYGEN; DRUG MIXTURE; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

EFFLUENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRECURSOR; QUANTUM YIELD; RIVER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG MIXTURE; WASTE WATER;

COMPLEX MIXTURES; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RIVERS; SINGLET OXYGEN; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84925003490     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505081w     Document Type: Article

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