Performance and kinetic-mechanistic aspects in the electrochemical degradation of sulfadiazine on boron-doped diamond electrode
The electrochemical performance of boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode in the electrochemical degradation of wastewaters containing sulfadiazine (SDZ) using a filter-press reactor is presented and discussed. The electrooxidation of the SDZ (volume of 0.5 L, with a SDZ initial concentration of 250 mg L-1) obtained at optimized conditions (current density of 36 mA cm-2, pH 7.0 and volume flow rate of 5.0 L min-1) showed that at the end of only 2 h of electrolysis (corresponding to a charge passed through the cell per unit volume of the wastewater of 5.2 Ah L-1) SDZ was totally eliminated. The reduction of the wastewater organic load, monitored by its chemical oxygen demand (COD) showed that the antibiotic was virtually all mineralized. Under optimized conditions the intermediate compounds were properly identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and a SDZ oxidation pathway was elucidated. Clearly the BDD electrode proved to be quite efficient for both degradation and mineralization of SDZ.
Main Authors: | Amorim,Kamila P. de, Romualdo,Lincoln L., Andrade,Leonardo S. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2014
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532014000800020 |
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