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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART B-PESTICIDES FOOD CONTAMINANTS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 393-409Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1081/PFC-120035925
Keywords
phenoxyalkyl acid derivative herbicides; MCPA; 2,4-D; UV radiation; ozone; hydroxyl radicals; quantum yields; rate constants
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The phenoxyalkyl acid derivative herbicides MCPA (4-chloro 2-methylphenoxyacetic acid) and 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) were oxidized in ultrapure water by means of a monochromatic UV irradiation and by ozone, as well as by the combinations UV/H2O2 and O-3/H2O2. In the direct photolysis of MCPA, the quantum yield at 20degreesC was directly evaluated and a value of 0.150 mol Eins(-1) was obtained in the pH range 5-9, while a lower value of 0.41 x 10(-2) mol Eins(-1) was determined at pH = 3. Similarly, for 2,4-D a value of 0.81 x 10(-2) mol Eins(-1) was deduced, independent of the pH of work. The influence of the additional presence of hydrogen peroxide was established in the combined process UV/H2O2, and the specific contribution of the radical pathway to the global photo-degradation was evaluated. The oxidation by ozone and by the combination O-3/H2O2 was also studied, with the determination of the rate constants for the reactions of both herbicides with ozone and hydroxyl radicals at 20degreesC. These rate constants for the direct reactions with ozone were 47.7 and 21.9 M-1 s(-1) for MCPA and 2,4-D respectively, while the found values for the rate constants Corresponding to the radical reactions were 6.6 x 10(9) and 5.1 x 10(9) M-1 s(-1).
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