Enhancing the biological degradability of sulfamethoxazole by ionizing radiation treatment in aqueous solution

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 179-183

  Sági, Gyuri ^a   Kovács, Krisztina ^a   Bezsenyi, Anikó ^b   Csay, Tamás ^a   Takács, Erzsébet ^a   Wojnárovits, László ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b South Pest Wastewater Treatment Plant   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Biodegradation; Inhibition; Ionizing radiation; Sulfamethoxazole; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; ENZYME INHIBITION; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADABLE COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MUNICIPAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE; RADIATION TREATMENTS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE (SMX); TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOLUTIONS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84956859263     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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