Development and validation of a generic nontarget method based on liquid chromatography - high resolution mass spectrometry analysis for the evaluation of different wastewater treatment options

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 1426, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-90

  Nürenberg, Gudrun ^a   Schulz, Manoj ^a   Kunkel, Uwe ^a   Ternes, Thomas A ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct injection; LC conditions; Micropollutants; Nontarget analysis; Process evaluation; QTOF; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA HANDLING; DIRECT INJECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

LC CONDITIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NON-TARGET ANALYSIS; PROCESS EVALUATION; QTOF;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ISOTOPE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; INFLUENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCREENING; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; WASTE WATER;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84955342470     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: 18733778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2015.11.014     Document Type: Article

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