Photocatalytic degradation kinetics and mechanism of environmental pharmaceuticals in aqueous suspension of TiO2: A case of β-blockers

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 834-839

  Yang, Hai ^a,b   An, Taicheng ^a   Li, Guiying ^a   Song, Weihua ^c   Cooper, William J ^c   Luo, Haiying ^a,b,d   Guo, Xindong ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d Guangzhou Quality Supervision and Testing Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Blocker; Kinetics; Mechanism; Photocatalytic degradation; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION STUDIES; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; ATENOLOL; DEGRADATION INTERMEDIATES; DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; HPLC/MS ANALYSIS; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INITIAL PH; KINETICS MECHANISM; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD MODELS; METOPROLOL; OH RADICAL; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIDE CHAINS; TIO;

ADSORPTION; FREE RADICALS; OXYGEN; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AMMONIA; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METOPROLOL; NITROGEN; PROPRANOLOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMMONIUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYSIS; DRUG; HYDROXYL RADICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; TITANIUM;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARBON; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUSPENSIONS; TITANIUM; WATER;

EID: 77952891229     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.079     Document Type: Article

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