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Degradation of chlorophenols in aqueous media using UV XeBr excilamp in a flow reactor
  -Chlorophenol (2-CP), 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) at initial concentrations of 10, 20, 50 and 100 mg l−1 were degraded in aqueous media by direct UV photolysis using dielectric barrier discharge XeBr* excilamp (283 nm) in a flow-through photoreactor. The pseudo-first order rate constants were highest and half-life times were lowest for 4-CP. The rates of photolysis under the experimental conditions increased in the order: 2-CP < 2, 4-DCP < 4-CP. The intermediates of photolysis were identified by GC–MS and HPLC. The evolution of hydroquinone and p-benzoquinone as major intermediates of 4-CP photolysis was monitored.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 January 2008

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Elsevier

  • DOI:

    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.022

  • ISSN:

    0045-6535

  • Library of Congress:

    GE Environmental Sciences

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    363.7 Environmental pollution

Citation

Matafonova, G., Christofi, N., Batoev, V., & Sosnin, E. (2008). Degradation of chlorophenols in aqueous media using UV XeBr excilamp in a flow reactor. Chemosphere, 70, 1124-1127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.022

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Keywords

Excilamp; Chlorophenols; Direct photolysis; Flow-through photoreactor;

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