Photochemical fate of nonionic polyacrylamide induced by hydroxyl radicals in the natural water: Mineralization mechanism exploration and half-life time evaluation - Université Clermont Auvergne
Article Dans Une Revue Science of the Total Environment Année : 2024

Photochemical fate of nonionic polyacrylamide induced by hydroxyl radicals in the natural water: Mineralization mechanism exploration and half-life time evaluation

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Water-soluble polyacrylamide (PAM) compounds have been used extensively in various sectors. The abundance of PAM in the environment raises concerns about its environmental impact. However, the mineralization of PAM in water under natural light irradiation remains insufficiently explored. This study utilizes nonionic PAM (nPAM) as a representative model to investigate both the mechanism and efficiency of nPAM degradation in water when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as the hydroxyl radical source. In the dark or with only UVA irradiation, negligible mineralization of nPAM occurred. In contrast, the presence of hydroxyl radicals (produced by the UVA/H2O2 system) produced 50 % nPAM mineralization over 7 days under our experimental conditions. The corresponding molecular weight (MW) of the nPAM was swiftly reduced from 1.58 ×106 Da to 1.59 ×103 Da in 3 days. Moreover, five carboxylic acids and nitrate ions were identified as the photodegradation intermediates of nPAM. The efficiencies of nPAM photodegradation by the UVA/H2O2 system in different natural waters and environmental conditions were assessed. The rate constant for the reaction be- tween the hydroxyl radical and nPAM was 2.17 ×109 M-unit 1 s 1. The half-lives of nPAM in the sea and continental surface waters were determined to be several years and dozens of days, respectively. The application of UVB obviously accelerated the mineralization of nPAM in ultrapure water (71 % degradation in 7 days).

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hal-04646693 , version 1 (15-07-2024)

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Daqing Jia, Sandrine Therias, François Voelker, Johann Kieffer, Cédrick Favero, et al.. Photochemical fate of nonionic polyacrylamide induced by hydroxyl radicals in the natural water: Mineralization mechanism exploration and half-life time evaluation. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 947, pp.174485. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174485⟩. ⟨hal-04646693⟩
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