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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 144-149Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.002
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Advanced Oxidation Processes; Antibiotic; Hydrogen peroxide; Copper oxide; Titanium carbide; Silicon nitride
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- Brita Fund
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The activity of copper oxide, titanium carbide and silicon nitride nanoparticles for the oxidative degradation of environmentally relevant concentrations (mu g L-1 range) of enrofloxacin - an important veterinary antibiotic drug - in aqueous solutions was investigated. With hydrogen peroxide as an oxidative agent, both copper oxide and titanium carbide decrease the concentration of enrofloxacin by more than 90% over 12 h. Addition of sodium halide salts strongly increases the reaction rate of copper oxide nanoparticles. The mechanism for the formation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) was investigated by Electron Spin Resonance (ESR). (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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