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  • Title: Degradation and by-product formation of diazinon in water during UV and UV/H(2)O(2) treatment.
    Author: Shemer H, Linden KG.
    Journal: J Hazard Mater; 2006 Aug 25; 136(3):553-9. PubMed ID: 16436313.
    Abstract:
    Kinetics and degradation products resulting from the application of UV and UV/H(2)O(2) to the US EPA Contaminant Candidate List pesticide diazinon were studied. Batch experiments were conducted with both monochromatic (low pressure [LP] UV 253.7 nm) and polychromatic (medium pressure [MP] UV 200-300 nm) UV sources alone or in the presence of up to 50 mg l(-1) H(2)O(2), in a quasi-collimated beam apparatus. Degradation of diazinon by both UV and UV/H(2)O(2) exhibited pseudo first order reaction kinetics, and quantum yield of 8.6 x 10(-2) and 5.8 x 10(-2) mol E(-1) for LP and MP lamps respectively. Photolysis studies under MP UV lamp showed 2-isopropyl-6-methyl-pyrimidin-4-ol (IMP) to be the main degradation product of diazinon at aqueous solution pH values of 4, 7 and 10. Trace levels up to 1.8 x 10(-3) microM of diazinon oxygen analogue diethyl 2-isopropyl-6-methylpyrimidin-4-yl phosphate (diazoxon) were detected only during the UV/H(2)O(2) reaction. Decay of both products was observed, as the UV/H(2)O(2) reaction prolonged, yet no mineralization was achieved over the UV fluence levels examined. Photolysis kinetics, quantum yield and UV/H(2)O(2) degradation of the reaction product IMP was determined using MP UV lamp at pH values of 4, 7 and 10.
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