0000000000790149
AUTHOR
Hisao Hidaka
Photoassisted Oxidation of the Recalcitrant Cyanuric Acid Substrate in Aqueous ZnO Suspensions
The photoassisted oxidative transformation of the highly recalcitrant cyanuric acid was examined in the liquid−solid regime at pH 3 and natural pH 7.5 under UV irradiation in oxygen- and ozone-saturated ZnO suspensions using ZnO as a photomediator. Loss of cyanuric acid was assayed by HPLC UV absorption spectroscopy, whereas intermediates and final products were determined by HPLC ion chromatography (IC), by MS techniques using an electrospray ionization mass spectrometer operated in the negative-ion mode, and by FT-IR spectroscopy. Final reaction products were CO2 gas and NO3- ions. The measure of nitrate in solution quantified the degree of mineralization of the substrate; its concentrati…
Photoassisted Mineralization of Aromatic and Aliphatic N Heterocycles in Aqueous Titanium Dioxide Suspensions and the Fate of the Nitrogen Heteroatoms
Abstract The photoassisted degradation of aromatic heterocycles (pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, isoxazole, oxazole and thiazole) and N-containing alicycles (aliphatic heterocycles: pyrrolidine, 4-butanelactam and 5-pentanelactam) was examined in liquid–solid dispersions. Complete mineralization (TOC) of the aromatic heterocycles was attained within ca. 1 h of UV irradiation of the TiO 2 /heterocycle system in acidic (pH 3), near-neutral (pH 6.0–7.6) and alkaline (pH 11) media. Mineralization kinetics were, in general, not appreciably influenced by the presence of acid but tended to be somewhat slower in alkaline media. N-alicycles were photomineralized more slowly than were the aromatics. Th…