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  • Title: Remediation of s-triazines contaminated water in a laboratory scale apparatus using zero-valent iron powder.
    Author: Ghauch A, Suptil J.
    Journal: Chemosphere; 2000 Dec; 41(12):1835-43. PubMed ID: 11061305.
    Abstract:
    Atrazine, propazine and simazine were tested separately and in mixture by batch procedure in a laboratory-constructed apparatus. 3.75 l of a buffered s-triazines pesticide solution was treated at room temperature by 325-mesh zero-valent iron powder (ZVIP) (20 g/l). High performance liquid chromatography was used to separate by-products and study the decline in the pesticide's concentrations. Results obtained show that the order of degradation was simazine, atrazine and then propazine. The half-lives (t1/2) of the s-triazines pesticides are, respectively, 7.4, 9.0 and 10.6 min when they are treated separately, and 9.8, 11.2 and 13.7 min when they are treated together under the same conditions. The final by-product obtained after 50 min of contact of simazine with ZVIP shows a shift to longer wavelength in its UV spectrum. A similar phenomenon is shown for atrazine and propazine. Identical primary by-products are produced and subsequently degraded to 4,6-(diamino)-s-triazine, which seems to be the major by-product of the reductive treatment process. Pathways for the degradation of the studied s-triazines by ZVIP are proposed.
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