Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Ozonation of Three Dichlorophenols in Aqueous Solutions
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 125, Issue 5
Abstract
This research investigates the kinetic parameters associated with the ozonation of 2,3-, 2,4-, and 2,5-dichlorophenols (DCPs) in aqueous solutions at 25°C. The overall ozonation kinetics of each DCP was found to be first order with respect to each reactant concentration (i.e., DCP and ozone). Among the three isomers studied, the ozonation of 2,5-DCP was the fastest with the overall rate constant varying from 68,500 to 7,750,000 M−1 s−1 within a pH range of 2.1 to 5.0. The overall rate constant increased with pH because of the increase in the degree of dissociation of the DCP molecules to dichlorophenoxide ions. The electrophilic addition of ozone at the ortho and para positions of the molecular and ionic forms of the DCPs was postulated to be the likely mechanism for the degradation of the DCPs to chlorobenzenediols, monochlorophenols, chlorocyclohexadienediones, ethylacetate, heptanone, carboxylic acids, and other by-products that were detected using gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry analysis.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 125 • Issue 5 • May 1999
Pages: 441 - 450
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Received: Aug 20, 1997
Published online: May 1, 1999
Published in print: May 1999
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