Formation of organic chloramines during water disinfection - chlorination versus chloramination

Engineering & Materials Science

• Chlorination 100%
• Disinfection 96%
• Nitrogen 61%
• Chlorine 40%
• Biological materials 21%
• Molecular weight 18%
• Ammonia 17%
• Nitrogen compounds 13%
• Organic carbon 12%
• Water treatment plants 12%
• Surface waters 11%
• Amino acids 9%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• dissolved organic nitrogen 85%
• chlorination 71%
• disinfection 65%
• chlorine 34%
• water 20%
• ammonia 15%
• organic nitrogen compound 14%
• organic matter 12%
• organic nitrogen 10%
• water treatment plant 10%
• dissolved organic carbon 9%
• amino acid 8%
• surface water 6%

Chemical Compounds

• Chloramine 95%
• Chlorine 33%
• Ammonia 14%
• Weight 10%
• Surface Water 10%