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Comparing the efficacy of various methods for sulfate radical generation for antibiotics degradation in synthetic wastewater: degradation mechanism, kinetics study, and toxicity assessment

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RSC ADVANCES
卷 12, 期 23, 页码 14945-14956

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01618d

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  1. Maragheh University of Medical Sciences [97 DAY18-PAM02]

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The aim of this study was to investigate and compare different activation processes for amoxicillin degradation. UV radiation was found to be the most effective method for persulfate activation, providing complete destruction of amoxicillin and resulting in non-toxic compounds.
In the present study the aim was to investigate and compare various activation processes for amoxicillin degradation. UV radiation, ultrasound, heat, and hydrogen peroxide were selected as the persulfate activation methods. The effects of various parameters such as pH, persulfate concentration, reaction time, AMX concentration, radical scavengers, and anions were thoroughly investigated. The results showed that AMX degradation was following the pseudo-first order kinetic model. The reaction rate of 0.114 min(-1) was calculated for the UV/PS process, which was higher than that of the other investigated processes. The AMX degradation mechanism and pathway investigations revealed that sulfate and hydroxyl radicals were responsible for the degradation of AMX by two degradation pathways of hydroxylation and the opening of the beta-lactam ring. Competition kinetic analysis showed that the second-order rate constant of AMX with sulfate radicals was 8.56 x 10(9) L mol(-1) s(-1) in the UV/PS process. Cost analysis was conducted for the four investigated processes and it was found that 1.9 $m(-3) per order is required in the UV/PS process for the complete destruction of AMX. Finally, cytotoxic assessment of the treated effluent on human embryonic kidney cells showed a considerable reduction in AMX-induced cell cytotoxicity, proving that the investigated process is sufficiently capable of completely destroying AMX molecules to nontoxic compounds. Therefore, it can be concluded that UV radiation is much more effective than other methods for persulfate activation and can be considered as a reliable technique for antibiotic removal.

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