A sensitive and robust method for the determination of alkylphenol polyethoxylates and their carboxylic acids and their transformation in a trickling filter wastewater treatment plant.
| dc.contributor.author | Koh, Yoong K. K. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Chiu, Tze Y. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Boobis, Alan R. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Cartmell, Elise | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Pollard, Simon J. T. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Scrimshaw, Mark D. | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Lester, John N. | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-29T17:52:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-29T17:52:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper presents a method for the determination of alkylphenols, alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEO) and alkylphenol ethoxycarboxylates (APEC) in the aqueous and particulate phase of wastewater samples. Quantification was achieved by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The sensitivity of the method is demonstrated by low detection limits, in the dissolved phase 1.2–9.6 ng l−1 for alkylphenol, AP1–3EO and APEC and 0.1–4.1 ng l−1 for longer chain alkylphenol polyethoxylates. The method detection limit for particulate phase samples ranged from 6 to 60 ng g−1 for AP, AP1–3EO and APEC; with the longer chain APEO being from 0.5 to 20 ng g−1. Matrix effects were noted in complex matrix rich samples. There was a distinct change in the distribution of alkylphenol ethoxylates during biological treatment of the wastewater, with the major biotransformation products observed being carboxylated derivatives at concentrations of up to 1768 ng l−1. Shorter chain APEO were present in higher proportions in the suspended solids, due to their higher affinity to particulate matter compared to the lon | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.citation | Yoong K.K. Koh, Tze Y. Chiu, Alan R. Boobis, Elise Cartmell, Simon J.T. Pollard, Mark D. Scrimshaw, John N. Lester, A sensitive and robust method for the determination of alkylphenol polyethoxylates and their carboxylic acids and their transformation in a trickling filter wastewater treatment plant, Chemosphere, Volume 73, Issue 4, September 2008, Pages 551-556 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0045-6535 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.06.016 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3337 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_UK | - |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Alkylphenol | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Polyethoxylates | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Carboxylates | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Dissolved | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Particulate | en_UK |
| dc.title | A sensitive and robust method for the determination of alkylphenol polyethoxylates and their carboxylic acids and their transformation in a trickling filter wastewater treatment plant. | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | - |