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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106641
Keywords
Zero-valent iron nanoparticles; Advanced oxidation processes; Fenton-like process; Water matrix; Atrazine degradation mechanism
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- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [RTI2018-097997-B-C33]
- European Union
- Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI)
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The study evaluates the use of nZVI for oxidative elimination of atrazine at circumneutral pH, with nZVI/H2O2/UVA system showing the highest degradation rate. Hydroxyl radicals play a significant role in atrazine oxidation, which is mainly initiated by alkylic oxidation rather than dechlorination. Different combinations of water constituent species can significantly affect the atrazine oxidation rate.
The requirement of acidification for the successful of the Fenton processes in water treatment has promoted the search for new strategies to work at pH close to neutrality. With this objective, in this work the use of nZVI has been evaluated for the oxidative elimination of 10 mg L-1 of atrazine at circumneutral pH with nZVI/UVA, nZVI/ H2O2, and nZVI/H2O2/UVA systems. While UVA irradiation of sole nZVI was ineffective for degrading the herbicide, the addition of H2O2 boosted up the reaction, with the nZVI/H2O2/UVA system attaining the highest degradation rate. The inhibition of the reaction upon addition of tert-butanol as scavenger pointed out the significant role of hydroxyl radicals in the atrazine oxidation. The characterization of fresh and spent samples, carried out by XRD, SEM, TEM, and nitrogen adsorption-desorption experiments, confirmed the presence of ferric oxidized compounds responsible of the heterogeneous photo-Fenton-like reactions. On the basis of the degradation products determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), a scheme of atrazine degradation pathways in the ZVI/H2O2/UVA system was proposed in which the reaction is mainly initiated by alkylic oxidation rather than dechlorination. Finally, the effect on the atrazine oxidation rate of the water constituent species was analyzed in different water matrices (pure, supply, simulated and secondary effluent real water). Considered individually, Cl, SO42-, HCO3, and DOC, showed a moderate inhibitory effect on atrazine degradation kinetics, but their combination could explain the significant decrease of efficiency detected in the real secondary effluent water compared to less complex matrices.
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