Electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrum analysis method of polyaluminum chloride flocculants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 474-480

  Feng, Chenghong ^a,b   Bi, Zhe ^b,c   Tang, Hongxiao ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; FLOCCULATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY;

ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS-TO-CHARGE RATIO; MOLECULAR FORMULA; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTRUM; WORKING MECHANISMS;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FLOCCULANT; HYDROXYL GROUP; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYALUMINUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM OXYCHLORIDE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOCCULATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SALT;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FLOCCULATION; GASIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLOCCULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84925012825     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es503681p     Document Type: Article

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