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A Study on the Degradation and the Reduction of Acute Toxicity of Simazine Using Photolysis and Photocatalysis

광반응 및 광촉매 반응을 이용한 simazine의 분해 및 독서저감에 관한 연구

  • Kim, Moon-Kyung (Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Oh, Ji-Yoon (Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Son, Hyun-Seok (Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Zoh, Kyung-Duk (Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • 김문경 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경보건학과) ;
  • 오지윤 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경보건학과) ;
  • 손현석 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경보건학과) ;
  • 조경덕 (서울대학교 보건대학원 환경보건학과)
  • Published : 2009.04.30
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Abstract

The photocatalysis degradation of simazine, s-triazine type herbicide was carried out using circulating photo reactor systems. In order to search for the effective method to mineralize this compound into environmentally compatible products, this study compared the removal efficiencies of simazine by changing various parameters. First, under the photocatalytic condition, simazine was more effectively degraded than by photolysis and $TiO_2$ only condition. With photocatalysis, 5 mg/l simazine was degraded to approximately 90% within 30 min, and completely degraded after 150 min. Ionic byproducts such as ${NO_2}^-$, ${NO_3}^-$, and $Cl^-$ were detected from the photocatalysis of simazine, however, the recoveries were poor, indicating the presence of organic intermediates rather than the mineralization of simazine during photocatalysis. Two bioassays using V. fischeri and D. magna were employed to measure the toxicity reduction in the reaction solutions treated by both photocatalysis and photolysis. Simazine and its photocatalysis treated water did not exert any significant toxicity to V. fischeri, marine bacterium. However, the acute toxicity test using D. magna indicates that initial acute toxicity ($EC_{50}$ = 57.30%) was completely reduced ($EC_{50}$ = 100%) after 150 min under both photocatalysis and photoysis of simazine. This results indicates that photocatalysis and photolysis of simazine reduced the acute toxicity through mineralization.

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