Substituted diphenylamine antioxidants (SDPAs) in typical domestic wastewater treatment plants and Songhua River in the northeast of China.

Substituted diphenylamine antioxidants (SDPAs) in typical domestic wastewater treatment plants and Songhua River in the northeast of China. Chemosphere. 2020 Dec;260:127519 Authors: Zhang ZF, Zhang X, Sun MY, Meng B, Liu LY, Song WW, Ma WL, Li WL, Li YF Abstract Limited studies focus on the occurrence, removal rate and seasonal variation of substituted diphenylamine antioxidants (SDPAs) in surface water and wastewater in China. In this paper, the detection method of SDPAs was established by the ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Daily variations suggested that significant variations were found for the concentrations of some SDPAs in the influent. It was found that the SDPAs could be detected in all the effluent samples and C8/C8-DPA was the predominant compound in two WWTPs. The levels of most SDPAs in the effluent were much lower than that of influent, with the removal efficiencies of total SDPAs ranged from 57.9% to 84.2%. There were significant differences with the SDPA concentrations in the influent between different seasons. Higher concentrations of SDPAs were found at downstream than those of upstream. The results of this study provide more environmental occurrence data and new insights into the research on the environmental fate of these compounds. PMID: 32683033 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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