title: Effects of inorganics on the degradation of micropollutants with vacuum UV (VUV) advanced oxidation.
abstract: This research focused on the effects of inorganic water constituents on the efficiency of vacuum UV (VUV) for the degradation of micropollutants in surface water supplies. Atrazine was used as a model miropollutant, and bicarbonate, sulphate, and nitrate were used as the most common inorganic constituents in the water matrix. First, the absorbance of radiation at 254 and 185 nm was measured in the presence of different ions. At 254 nm, only nitrate showed a measurable absorption coefficient of [Formula: see text] = 3.51 M[Formula: see text] cm[Formula: see text], and all other ions showed a molar absorption coefficient below the detection limit. However, at 185 nm, all the ions showed high absorption coefficients, with nitrate giving the highest absorption coefficient of [Formula: see text] = 5568 M[Formula: see text] cm[Formula: see text]. Second, the hydroxyl radical (HO[Formula: see text]) scavenging effects of the same inorganic ions were evaluated; nitrate and bicarbonate showed a negative effect during the UV/H2O2and VUV advanced oxidation processes. Sulfate was photolyzed with 185 nm UV to form HO[Formula: see text], and for this reason, it assisted the degradation of the target micropollutant, as demonstrated by increases in the degradation rate constant. An additional component of this work involved developing a method for measuring the quantum yield of atrazine at 185 nm. This made it possible to distinguish the contribution of OH radical attach from that of direct photolysis towards the degradation of atrazine.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada.
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duca
authors.affiliation: a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Imoberdorf
authors.affiliation: a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada.
authors.forename: Madjid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohseni
mesh_terms: D001280:Atrazine / Q000032:analysis*; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000737:chemistry; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000737:chemistry; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010782:Photolysis; D013431:Sulfates / Q000737:chemistry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014618:Vacuum; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals; D009566:Nitrates; D013431:Sulfates; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D001280:Atrazine
keywords: Advanced oxidation processes; inorganics; micropollutants; vacuum UV; water matrix; water treatments