Mineralization of trace nitro/chloro/methyl/amino-aromatic contaminants in wastewaters by advanced oxidation processes

Wenjuan Huang, Yuanhui Ji, Zhuhong Yang, Xin Feng, Chang Liu, Yinhua Zhu, Xiaohua Lu

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Abstract

It has great significance to investigate the degradation of aromatic contaminants as they are highly carcinogenic and nondegradable pollutants in drinking water. In this paper, the mineralization orders of the representative nitro/chloro/methyl/amino-aromatic contaminants with oxidants (·OH, H2O2, ·O-, O2,O3) in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are investigated based on the calculated standard molar Gibbs free energy changes of reaction (ΔrGm 0) and the results are consistent with those from previous experimental results, electrophilic substitution orientation rules of the Hammett equation, and predicted results with a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR). In addition, the quantitative function relationship between the degradation rate (r) of the aromatic contaminants and the thermodynamic driving force (ΔrGm0) is analyzed in order to investigate the degradation kinetics more rigorously.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6243-6249
Number of pages7
JournalIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume49
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jul 2010

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