Oxidation of chlorothalonil in aqueous solution by means of UV, H 2O 2/UV, oxalate/UV, and oxalate-assisted H 2O 2/UV irradiation

Jong Duck Choi, Tae Jin Lee

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Abstract

The degradation of chlorothalonil was explored using UV, H 2O 2/UV, Oxalate/UV, and oxalate-assisted H 2O 2/UV irradiation. The optimum initial hydrogen peroxide and oxalate concentrations in the photolysis were about 100 mg L -1 and 1 mM, respectively. The optimum pseudo-first-order reaction rate constants for UV (k UV), H 2O 2/UV (kH 2O 2), oxalate/UV (k oxalate), and oxalate-assisted H 2O 2/UV (kH 2O 2-oxalate) irradiation processes were 0.186, 0.357, 0.520, and 1.806 min -1, respectively. A TOC analysis of the solution indicates that chlorothalonil is largely decomposed to carbon dioxide by the oxalate-assisted H 2O 2/UV irradiation process. In our experiments, the oxalate-assisted H 2O 2/UV irradiation process was the most effective method for the degradation of chlorothalonil relative to the use of UV alone or the H 2O 2/UV irradiation processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)701-704
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume10
Issue number5
StatePublished - Sep 2004

Keywords

  • Chlorothalonil
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Oxalate
  • Photolysis

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