JOURNAL ARTICLE

Kinetics and reaction mechanism of photochemical degradation of diclofenac by UV-activated peroxymonosulfate

Yunlan PengHongle ShiZhenran WangYongsheng FuYiqing Liu

Year: 2021 Journal:   RSC Advances Vol: 11 (12)Pages: 6804-6817   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Compared to UV alone and PMS alone systems, diclofenac was removed more efficiently in UV/PMS system at pH 7.0 due to the contribution of SO4˙ and HO˙ and its degradation followed the pseudo-first order kinetic model.

Keywords:
Chemistry Photochemistry Kinetics Degradation (telecommunications) Mechanism (biology) Diclofenac Reaction mechanism Catalysis Organic chemistry

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