Direct UV photolysis of selected pharmaceuticals, personal care products and endocrine disruptors in aqueous solution

Water Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 350-361

  Carlson, Jules C ^a   Stefan, Mihaela I ^b   Parnis, J Mark ^a   Metcalfe, Chris D ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Trojan Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals; Photolysis; pKa< inf>; Quantum yield

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; PHOTOLYSIS; POTABLE WATER; QUANTUM YIELD; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MOLAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHOSPHATE BUFFER SOLUTIONS; PSEUDO FIRST ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC TITRATIONS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; BUFFER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; IBUPROFEN; MERCURY; PARACETAMOL; SULFACHLORPYRIDAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRICLOSAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PH; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; RADIATION ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER VAPOR; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; IBUPROFEN; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRICLOSAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84939232145     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.04.013     Document Type: Article

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