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Kinetics of the oxidation of endocrine disruptor nonylphenol by ferrate(VI)

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The kinetics of the oxidation of endocrine disruptor nonylphenol (NP) by potassium ferrate(VI) (K2FeO4) in water as a function of pH 8.0–10.9 at 25°C is presented. The observed second-order rate constants, k obs, decrease with an increase in pH 269–32 M−1 s−1. The speciation of Fe(VI) (HFeO −4 and FeO 2−4 ) and NP (NP–OH and NP–O−) species was used to explain the pH dependence of the k obs values. At a dose of 10 mg L−1 (50 μM) K2FeO4, the half-life for the removal of NP by Fe(VI), under water treatment conditions, is less than 1 min.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL, 32901, USA

    Virender K. Sharma, George A. K. Anquandah & Nasri Nesnas

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Sharma, V.K., Anquandah, G.A.K. & Nesnas, N. Kinetics of the oxidation of endocrine disruptor nonylphenol by ferrate(VI). Environ Chem Lett 7, 115–119 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-008-0143-4

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