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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Characterizing Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment of Surface Water Samples Using Polarity-Extended Non-Target Screening Analysis.

Susanne Minkus, Stefan Bieber, Thomas Letzel

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 71% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susanne MinkusUrban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Stefan BieberAnalytisches Forschungsinstitut für Non-Target Screening (AFIN-TS) GmbH, 86167 Augsburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7357-2980
Thomas LetzelUrban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1008-8790
Analytisches Laboratorium · DE

Funding

Westfälische Wasser- und Umweltanalytik GmbH
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced wastewater treatment such as powdered activated carbon (PAC) reduces the load of organic micropollutants entering the aquatic environment. Since mobile and persistent compounds accumulate in water cycles, treatment strategies need to be evaluated for the removal of (very) polar compounds. Thereby, non-targeted analysis gives a global picture of the molecular fingerprint (including these very polar molecules) of water samples. Target and non-target screening were conducted using polarity-extended chromatography hyphenated with mass spectrometry. Samples treated with different types and concentrations of PAC were compared to untreated samples. Molecular features were extracted from the analytical data to determine fold changes, perform a principal component analysis and for significance testing. The results suggest that a part of the polar target analytes was adsorbed but also some byproducts might be formed or desorbed from the PAC.

Indexed as

Water Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationAdsorptionCharcoalPowdersWaste Disposal, FluidWastewaterWaterCharcoalPowdersWastewaterWaterWater Pollutants, Chemicalhigh-resolution mass spectrometryhydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography polar trace organic compoundsprincipal compound analysissample comparison for process evaluationvolcano plot

Identifiers

PMID36014453
PMCPMC9415745
OpenAlexW4292261912

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