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Optimization of radiolytic degradation of sulfadiazine by combining Fenton and gamma irradiation processes

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Gamma radiation (GR) is a promising technique, among known advanced oxidation processes, degrading water contaminants. Nevertheless, few authors report the degradation of sulfonamides by GR, and limited information exists concerning the use of GR in the case of sulfadiazine (SDZ). The objectives of this work are (1) evaluating GR as an alternative method for treating wastewater contaminated with SDZ and examinating the intensification of GR with oxidants (H2O2 or Fenton reagent). GR was performed with a high-activity 60Co source. The gamma radiation/Fenton process gave the best result, leading to total SDZ removal and high (74.13%) pollutant mineralization.

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This research was supported by the project TATARCOP of Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y Ciencias Aplicadas (InSTEC)-University of Havana.

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    Iram Bárbaro Rivas-Ortiz, Germán Cruz-González, Michel Manduca-Artiles & Ulises J. Jáuregui-Haza

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Arlen Mabel Lastre-Acosta & Antonio Carlos Silva Costa Teixeira

  3. Center of Technological Applications and Nuclear Development, La Habana, Cuba

    Manuel Rapado-Paneque & Armando Chávez-Ardanza

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Rivas-Ortiz, I.B., Cruz-González, G., Lastre-Acosta, A.M. et al. Optimization of radiolytic degradation of sulfadiazine by combining Fenton and gamma irradiation processes. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 2597–2607 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5629-8

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