Degradation of personal care product 2-chloropyrine detected in surface water
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Girish Kulkarni; Rahul Karale; Shrikant S. Jahagirdar; Vinayak K. Patki; Y.M. Patil
- Source
- Materials Today: Proceedings. 81:137-140
- Subject
- 010302 applied physics
Pollutant
02 engineering and technology
General Medicine
engineering.material
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Industrial waste
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Environmental chemistry
0103 physical sciences
Laterite
engineering
Degradation (geology)
Sewage treatment
0210 nano-technology
Hydrogen peroxide
Effluent
Surface water
- Language
- ISSN
- 2214-7853
Surface water bodies are getting contaminated day by day. Pollutants like 2-Chloropyridine (a class of halogenated pyridine derivative which are widely used in pharmaceutical and agrochemical sector) is detected in surface water bodies. It is toxic and carcinogenic. One of the reason of its presence in water bodies can be attributed to effluents from sewage treatment and industrial waste treatment plants, which may be due to inefficient conventional treatment technologies. Use of Advanced Oxidation technologies like Fenton’s oxidation has proven to be a promising alternative to degrade these recalcitrant and non-biodegradable compounds. The Present study accesses the applicability of laterite soil as a source of iron catalyst in Fenton’s oxidation process to degrade2-chloropyridine (2-CP) at various concentrations. Parameters like pH, dosage of laterite iron, hydrogen peroxide are optimized. Effect of initial concentration of the target compound on degradation kinetics is also investigated. Up to 75% degradation was achieved in a total reaction time period of 10hrs corresponding to Laterite iron: H2O2 ratio of 1:50 at a pH of 3 for a sample containing 2-CP compound at 10 mg/L. Use of iron in Fenton’s oxidation process harnessed from the laterite soil can be a suitable alternative to treat polluted water bodies contaminated with pharmaceutical halopyridine compounds.