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Effect of ammonia on the formation of THMs and HAAs in secondary effluent chlorination

Ying-Xue Sun1, Qian-Yuan Wu, Hong-Ying Hu

  • 1Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

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|June 2, 2009
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