Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 40, Issue 20, Pages 3665-3676Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.03.019
Keywords
benzoic acid; photochemical degradation; hydroxybenzoic acids; Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox cycling; capillary electrophoresis; GC-MS; atmosphere; aquatic chemistry; sunlight
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This study investigated iron-catalyzed photochemical oxidation of benzoic acid (BA), one of the major photodegradation products of petroleum hydrocarbons, under sunlight or monochromatic light irradiation in a wavelength range of 254-419 nm. The photochemical degradation of BA in the absence of iron (111) occurred at irradiation wavelengths below 300 nm. The photochemical transformation of BA in the presence Fe(Ill) was observed at both 254, 350, 419 nm and under solar irradiation. The half-life for the photodegradation of BA (100 mu M) was 160 +/- 20 min in the presence of 20 mu M Fe(111) at pH 3.20 on sunny August days at noon time. The degradation rate increased with increasing concentration of Fe(111). The reaction products were separated and identified using capillary electrophoresis (CE), gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and UV-Visible spectrophotometry. The major reaction products were 2-hydroxybenzoic, 3-hydroxybenzoic and 4-hydroxybenzoic acids. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and Fe(11) species were also formed during the photochemical reactions. The proposed reaction mechanisms include the photoexcitation of Fe(Ill) hydroxide complexes to form Fe(11) ions and hydroxyl radicals (OH center dot) that attack ortho. meta and para positions of BA to form corresponding monohydroxybenzoic acids and H2O2. The monohydroxybenzoic acids formed further react with hydroxyl and surperoxide radicals (HO2-center dot/O-2(-center dot)) to yield dihydroxybenzoic acids in atmospheric water droplets. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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