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Chloronitramide anion is a decomposition product of inorganic chloramines
Julian L Fairey1, Juliana R Laszakovits2, Huong T Pham1
1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Abstract:
Inorganic chloramines are commonly used drinking water disinfectants intended to safeguard public health and curb regulated disinfection by-product formation. However, inorganic chloramines themselves produce by-products that are poorly characterized. We report chloronitramide anion (Cl-N-NO2-) as a previously unidentified end product of inorganic chloramine decomposition. Analysis of chloraminated US drinking waters found Cl-N-NO2- in all samples tested (n = 40), with a median concentration of 23 micrograms per liter and first and third quartiles of 1.3 and 92 micrograms per liter, respectively. Cl-N-NO2- warrants occurrence and toxicity studies in chloraminated water systems that serve more than 113 million people in the US alone.
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