title: Hydrogen peroxide lifetime as an indicator of the efficiency of 3-chlorophenol Fenton's and Fenton-like oxidation in soils.
abstract: In this work the possibility of using the hydrogen peroxide lifetime as indicator of the oxidation efficiency of Fenton's and Fenton-like processes for soil treatment was explored. A reactivity scale, in terms of the oxidizing power in the different tested operating conditions (pH, iron sulfate concentration and stabilizer concentration) was built for each soil as a function of the hydrogen peroxide lifetime. Its validity was then confirmed through 3-chlorophenol Fenton's and Fenton-like slurry-phase oxidation experiments. The proposed reactivity scale proved to be effective for comparing the different operating conditions for the same soil, but failed when used to compare the oxidation performances for different soils, since the different adsorptive behavior of the tested soils may have influenced the contaminant removal rate.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy. baciocchi@stc.uniroma2.it
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baciocchi
authors.forename: Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Boni
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Aprile
mesh_terms: D002733:Chlorophenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D016877:Oxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002733:Chlorophenols; C045076:Fenton's reagent; D016877:Oxidants; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron; C030682:3-chlorophenol