Degradation of natural organic matter by UV/chlorine oxidation: Molecular decomposition, formation of oxidation byproducts and cytotoxicity

Water Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2017, Pages 251-258

  Wang, Wen Long ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a   Wu, Qian Yuan ^a   Du, Ye ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Disinfection byproducts; Molecular weight distribution; Natural organic matter; Radical species; UV Chlorine

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BYPRODUCTS; CHLORINATION; CHROMOPHORES; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGRADATION; FLUOROPHORES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBABLE ORGANIC HALOGENS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; MOLECULAR DECOMPOSITION; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; OXIDATION BY-PRODUCTS; RADICAL SPECIES; UV/CHLORINE;

OXIDATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORINE; HALOGEN; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DISINFECTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; RADICAL; REACTION KINETICS; TOXICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEIGHT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CHROMATOPHORE; CYTOTOXICITY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DISINFECTION; ELECTRON; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; HALOGENATION; TRIHALOMETHANES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85026428118     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.029     Document Type: Article

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