Transverse Zeeman background correction method for air mercury measurement

By utilizing a natural mercury lamp, the transverse Zeeman background correction method, which is used for trace mercury measurement in air, is studied. In this paper, a natural mercury lamp is used as a light source, and is placed in a 1.78-T magnetic field. The lamp emits two linearly polarized light beams σ± and π of 253.65-nm resonance line, which are used as bias light and absorbing light, respectively. A polarization modulation system is used to allow σ± and π light beams to pass through alternately with a certain frequency. A multipath optical cell with 12-m optical path is used to increase optical distance. Based on the system described above, the influence caused by UV absorbing gases, such as NO2, SO2, acetone, benzene, and O3, is analyzed. The results show that it may reduce the detection limit when the concentrations of these gases exceed 83.4 ppm, 20.3 ppm, 142.3 ppm, 0.85 ppm, and 0.55 ppm, respectively. The detection limit of the system is calculated and can achieve up to 1.44 ng/m3 in 10 minutes. Measurements on mercury sample gas and air are carded out, and the measured data are compared with the data of RA-915 mercury analyzer （Russia）. The result shows that the correlation coefficient reaches up to 0.967. The experimental results indicate that the transverse Zeeman background correction method can be used to quantify trace mercury in air with high-precision.

Photodegradation of 17α-Ethynylestradiol in Aqueous Solution with Nitzschiahantzschiana or Chlorella vulgaris and Fe^(3+)

The photodegradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) induced by highpressure mercury lamp (λ≥313 nm, 250 W) in aqueous solution with algae (e. g.Nitzschia hantzschiana andChlorella vulgaris) and Fe3+ was ineestigated initially. The affecting factors on the photodegradation were studied and described in details, such as algae concentration, Fe3+, exposure time, and so on. The concentration of EE2 in distilled water was determined using fluorescence spectrophotometer. The photodegradation of EE2 in aqueous solution exposed to 250 W high-pressure mercury lamp was evident in the presence of algae and Fe3+. With the algae concentration increasing, photodegradation rate increased. Fe3+ could accelerate the photocatalytic degradation of EE2 in aqueous solution with algae. The colloidal ferric hydroxide particles that might have absorbed on the algae cells could enhance the photocatalytic degradation of EE2 by algae. The catalysis in photocatalytic degradation reaction mainly resulted from the active oxygen (H2O2,1O2 and ·OH) that was caused by algae and Fe3+ under 250 W HPML. In this paper, the mechanism of photocatalytic degradation of EE2 by algae and Fe3+ is discussed theoretically in details. Key words 17α-ethynylestradiol - photodegradation - high-pressure mercury lamp - Nitzschia hantzschiana - Chlorella vulgaris - Fe3+ CLC number X 131. 2 Foundation item: Supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Wuhan Environmental Protection Bureau and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20177017)Biography: Liu Xian-li (1965-), male, Ph. D candidate, Associate professor, research direction: environmental chemistry

TiO_2-assisted photo-catalysis degradation process of dye chemicals

The photo-catalytic degradation pathway and degradation products of methylene blue, rhodamine B, methyl orange, and malachite green in aqueous TiO2 suspension irradiated by high pressure mercury lamp by means of UV-visible absorption spectra and ion chromatography were investigated. The photo-catalysis degradation of dye solutions with charges was greatly effected by pH value owing to the electrostatic model. The photo-degradation rate of dyes anion increased with the decrease of pH value, in contrast, the photo-degradation rate of dyes cation increased with the increase of pH value. And the absorption peaks diminished with a blue shift. After illuminated for 30 minutes, a part of dye chemicals were completely mineralized and transferred into inorganic species including chloride ion, ammonium ion, nitrate ion, sulfate ion. And the addition of 100 mmol/L H2O2 promoted the formation of inorganic species. In this study, the quantity of ammonium ion was much more than that of nitrate ion. That indicated the formation of nitrate is from ammonium. The purification rate of COD in four kinds of dye solution was 71.7%-88.7%. The decrease of COD of dyes solution implies the feasibility of the environmental application of photo-catalyzed process.