@inbook{4b4eabac888e4d8b803589581e308beb,
title = "Removal of selected pharmaceuticals spiked in the secondary effluent of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) by potassium ferrate(VI)",
abstract = "This study investigated the ferrate(VI) performance in the removal of pharmaceuticals spiked in the secondary effluent taken from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). In the raw secondary effluent samples, seven of 12 target pharmaceuticals were detected with a maximum concentration of 500.0 ± 28.3 ng/L for ibuprofen. 70% of carbamazepine could be reduced in the raw effluent samples by ferrate(VI) when the dose exceeded 4 mg/L. In the modified effluent samples spiked with detected target pharmaceuticals, approximately 40% of naproxen was removed, whereas other target compounds were removed less than 30%. Raising the ferrate(VI) dose improved the removal of pharmaceuticals to some extent, while acidic conditions were more preferable for drugs{\textquoteright} reduction. The study demonstrated that ferrate(VI) can efficiently remove pharmaceuticals containing electron-rich moieties (ERMs), and the coagulation of iron(III) colloids resulted from the reduction of Fe(VI) also influenced the treatment performance.",
keywords = "potassium ferrate(VI), pharmaceuticals, electron-rich moieties",
author = "Zhengwei Zhou and Jia-Qian Jiang",
year = "2016",
month = dec,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1021/bk-2016-1238.ch011",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780841231870",
series = "ACS Symposium Series",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
pages = "275--285",
editor = "Sharma, {Virender K.} and Ruey-an Doong and Hyunook Kim and Varma, {Rajender S.} and Dionysiou, {Dionysios D.}",
booktitle = "Ferrites and Ferrates",
address = "United States",
}