The Role of Mediated Oxidation on the Electro-irradiated Treatment of Amoxicillin and Ampicillin Polluted Wastewater
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Electrochemical Cell
3.3. Analysis Procedures
4. Conclusions
- The conductive diamond electrolysis is able to attain the complete mineralization of amoxicillin and ampicillin solutions. The removal efficiency depends on the current density and supporting media, with the antibiotic degradation rate and mineralization favored in the presence of chloride.
- The mineralization rate of AMX and AMP solutions during electrolysis, photoelectrolysis and sonoelectrolysis fits well to pseudo-first order kinetics, although two or three reaction zones are distinguished in sulphate and chloride media, respectively. This may indicate the existence of complex mechanisms in which indirect oxidation is very important.
- The effect of irradiating UV light and/or US waves during the electrolysis of AMX and AMP is not very relevant. This may be explained in terms of the high contribution of mediated oxidation in the single electrolysis process or of the massive formation of radicals during electro-irradiated processes, which recombine to form stable oxidants.
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Silva, F.L.; Sáez, C.; Lanza, M.R.V.; Cañizares, P.; Rodrigo, M.A. The Role of Mediated Oxidation on the Electro-irradiated Treatment of Amoxicillin and Ampicillin Polluted Wastewater. Catalysts 2019, 9, 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9010009
Silva FL, Sáez C, Lanza MRV, Cañizares P, Rodrigo MA. The Role of Mediated Oxidation on the Electro-irradiated Treatment of Amoxicillin and Ampicillin Polluted Wastewater. Catalysts. 2019; 9(1):9. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9010009
Chicago/Turabian StyleSilva, Fernando L., Cristina Sáez, Marcos R.V. Lanza, Pablo Cañizares, and Manuel A. Rodrigo. 2019. "The Role of Mediated Oxidation on the Electro-irradiated Treatment of Amoxicillin and Ampicillin Polluted Wastewater" Catalysts 9, no. 1: 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9010009