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Formation, detection and removal of NDMA in water treatment process

  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

N-Nitrosodimethylamine(NDMA) is known as a carcinogenic and mutagenic compound ,and in recent years, it has been found to be a novel disinfection by-product of the chloramination process.The NDMA precursors are considered as dimethylamine(DMA) and tertiary amines with dimethylamine functional groups. There are four pathways to NDMA formation: nitrosation, unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine(UDMH) oxidation, chlorinated UDMH oxidation and hydroxylamine pathway. Formation of NDMA is affected by the presence of free chlorine and bromide, and pH is also a sensitive fator.The detection and analytical methods of NDMA are usually spectrophotometry,thin-layer chromatography, GC, LC and GC/MS.To improve the detection precision, GC/MS/MS and GC/HRMS are applied in detecting the trace NDMA. The methods of NDMA removal are UV degradation, the resin and several types of zeolite adsorption, UV/ozone and UV/hydrogen peroxide advanced oxidation technologies. Ozone also can oxidate percursors,so it can control the NDMA yield indirectly.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnvironment Materials and Environment Management
Pages1402-1406
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 International Conference of Environment Materials and Environment Management, EMEM 2010 - Harbin, China
Duration: 24 Jul 201025 Jul 2010

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume113-116
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2010 International Conference of Environment Materials and Environment Management, EMEM 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period24/07/1025/07/10

Keywords

  • Detection
  • Formation
  • Ndma
  • Removal

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