Due to the potent hepatotoxicity and tumor-promoting activity of microcystins, a successful removal of these toxins during drinking water treatment processes is of increasing concem. The oxidation kinetics of MC-RR by...Due to the potent hepatotoxicity and tumor-promoting activity of microcystins, a successful removal of these toxins during drinking water treatment processes is of increasing concem. The oxidation kinetics of MC-RR by chlorine dioxide （ClO2） was studied with HPLC and characterization of the reaction products was performed with UV-spectrometry, TOC and LC-MS. Our experimental results show that the oxidation process is a second order overall and a first order with respect to ClO2 and MC-RR. The activation energy of MC-RR degradation by ClO2 is 53.07 kJ/mol. The rate constant k of the action can be increased by increasing temperature and decreasing pH value and ranged from 6.11 × 10^2 L/（mol.min） to 5.29× 10^2 L/（mol-min） at pH from 3.44 to 10.41 at 10℃. Reaction products were determined to be organic and volatile, because they could be almost removed from aqueous solution by heating for 15 min at 60 ~C. In addition, the main oxidation products have m/z values of 1072 and are identified as dihydroxy isomers of MC-RR.展开更多
基金Projects 50178022 supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China2006AA06Z309 by the Hi-tech Research and Development Programof China
文摘Due to the potent hepatotoxicity and tumor-promoting activity of microcystins, a successful removal of these toxins during drinking water treatment processes is of increasing concem. The oxidation kinetics of MC-RR by chlorine dioxide （ClO2） was studied with HPLC and characterization of the reaction products was performed with UV-spectrometry, TOC and LC-MS. Our experimental results show that the oxidation process is a second order overall and a first order with respect to ClO2 and MC-RR. The activation energy of MC-RR degradation by ClO2 is 53.07 kJ/mol. The rate constant k of the action can be increased by increasing temperature and decreasing pH value and ranged from 6.11 × 10^2 L/（mol.min） to 5.29× 10^2 L/（mol-min） at pH from 3.44 to 10.41 at 10℃. Reaction products were determined to be organic and volatile, because they could be almost removed from aqueous solution by heating for 15 min at 60 ~C. In addition, the main oxidation products have m/z values of 1072 and are identified as dihydroxy isomers of MC-RR.
