Vione D, Maurino V, Minero C, Vincenti M, Pelizzetti E
Dipartimento di Chimica Analitica, Università di Torino, Italy.
Chemosphere. 2001 Jul;44(2):237-48. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00170-3.
The formation of nitrophenols was studied as a consequence of ultra violet (UV) irradiation of aqueous solutions of phenol and nitrate in the range of pH 1-12. The study was performed both in homogeneous phase and in the presence of water-suspended TiO2. The effects of pH, dissolved oxygen and 2-propanol as .OH scavenger have been evaluated. A reaction mechanism is proposed, based on the experimental results.