Environmental remediation by an integrated microwave/UV illumination technique. 8. Fate of carboxylic acids, aldehydes, alkoxycarbonyl and phenolic substrates in a microwave radiation field in the presence of TiO2 particles under UV irradiation.

Environmental science & technology · 2004 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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PublicationEnvironmental science & technology · 2004

Study typeother

Reported directionUnclear

Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

Thermal and nonthermal effects originating when a system is subjected to a microwave radiation field in the TiO2-photocatalyzed transformation of model substances containing various functional groups (e.g., benzoic acid, phthalic acid, o-formylbenzoic acid, phthalaldehyde, succinic acid, dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, and phenol) have been examined under simultaneous irradiation by ultraviolet (UV) and microwave (MW) radiations. Characteristics of the microwave effects and the fate of each substrate during the microwave-assisted photocatalytic process were monitored by UV absorption spectroscopy, HPLC methods, total organic carbon assays, and identification of intermediates using electrospray mass spectral techniques. Microwave thermal and nonthermal effects were delineated by comparing results from MW-generated internal heat versus conventional external heating, and at constant ambient temperature under a microwave field. Factors involved in the nonthermal component of the microwave radiation were inferred for the initial adsorption of the substrate and its subsequent degradation occurring on the surface of TiO2 particles. Microwave effects bear on the mechanism through which a model substrate undergoes oxidative degradation. A characteristic feature of these effects was briefly examined by considering the behavior of polar (dipole moments) substrates in a microwave radiation field.

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Study typeother

Effect directionunclear

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Exposuremicrowave

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 66% · Peer reviewed: yes

Main findings

Under simultaneous UV and microwave irradiation with TiO2, the study monitored the fate of multiple model organic substrates and compared microwave-generated internal heating with conventional external heating, including experiments at constant ambient temperature under a microwave field, to delineate thermal and nonthermal microwave effects. The abstract indicates that nonthermal components were inferred to affect initial adsorption and subsequent degradation on TiO2 surfaces, and that microwave effects bear on the oxidative degradation mechanism, with consideration of polar substrates’ behavior in a microwave field.

Outcomes measured

Photocatalyzed transformation/oxidative degradation of organic substrates (carboxylic acids, aldehydes, alkoxycarbonyl compounds, phenol) in presence of TiO2 under UV
Thermal vs nonthermal microwave effects (comparison to conventional heating; constant ambient temperature under microwave field)
Substrate adsorption on TiO2 surface and subsequent degradation
Analytical endpoints: UV absorption spectroscopy, HPLC, total organic carbon, identification of intermediates by electrospray mass spectrometry

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DOI: 10.1021/es034823a
PubMed: 15112825

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