Degradation of sulfamethoxazole by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/persulfate (PDS): Formation of oxidation products and effect of bicarbonate

Water Research

Volumn 118, Issue , 2017, Pages 196-207

  Yang, Yi ^a   Lu, Xinglin ^a   Jiang, Jin ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Liu, Guanqi ^a   Cao, Ying ^a   Liu, Weili ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Pang, Suyan ^b   Kong, Xiujuan ^a   Luo, Congwei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonate radical; Hydroxyl radical; Sulfamethoxazole; Sulfate radical; Transformation products

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROXYLATION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

CARBONATE RADICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL POTENTIALS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; ISOXAZOLES; OXIDATION EFFECTS; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; PERSULPHATE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFATE RADICALS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; BICARBONATE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BICARBONATE; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFATE; TRANSFORMATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHILICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYLATION; LUMINESCENCE; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RATE CONSTANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BICARBONATES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85017522083     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.03.054     Document Type: Article

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