Glossary

AAS

atomic absorption spectrometry

ADA

β -alaninediacetic acid

AES

atomic emission spectrometry

C

concentration

CE

capillary electrophoresis

C_in

concentration of incoming stream

C_out

concentration of outcoming stream

D

chlorine dioxide stage

DOC

dissolved organic carbon

DTPA

diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

DTPMP

diethylenetriaminepentakis (methylenephosphonic acid)

E

electrical potential

ECF

elemental chlorine free

ED

energy dispersive

EDTA

ehylenediaminetetraacetic acid

EP

alkaline peroxide stage

EU

European Union

f₁

activity coefficient of an univalent ion

FTIR

Fourier transform infrared

GC

gas chromatography

GLUDA

glutamate, N, N-bis(carboxymethyl)

HDAN

heptadecanoic acid nitrile

ICP-AES

inductively coupled plasma – atomic absorption spectrometry

IDS

iminodisuccinate

IUPAC

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

ISE

ion selective electrode

IUPAC

International

K_a

acidity constant

K_w

ionic product of water

LC

liquid chromatography

MGDA

methyleneglycine diacetic acid

NPD

nitrogen phosphorus detector

NPE

non process element

NTA

nitrilotriacetic acid

P

peroxide stage

Q

complexing stage, flowing stream

SHE

standard hydrogen electrode

SIMS

secondary ion mass spectrometry

S,S’- EDDS

S,S’-ethylenediaminedisuccinate

TCF

total chlorine free

V

volume

WD

wave length dispersive

WWTP

waste water treatment plant

XPS

X-ray photoelectronic spectrometry

XRF

X-ray fluorescence

Z

ozone stage