Mechanism of Ampicillin Degradation by Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment with FE-DBD
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals and Sample Preparation
2.2. Plasma Setup and Treatment
2.3. Instrumentation
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. AMP Degradation
3.2. Mechanism of Plasma Degradation
3.3. Efficiency Comparison
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgement
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Concentration | Treatment | Result | Reference |
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20 mg/L | Removal using Metallic Iron | Complete removal after 3 h | Ghauch et al. (2009) [61] |
105 mg/L | Fenton | Optimal conditions, 2 min degradation | Elmolla and Chaudhuri (2009) [60] |
105 mg/L | Photo-Fenton | Optimal conditions, 2 min degradation | Elmolla and Chaudhuri (2009) [60] |
105 mg/L | Semiconductor Photocatalysis | With 180 min irradiation time | Elmolla and Chaudhuri (2010) [60] |
1.6 mg/L | Chlorination | Possible total degradation after 2 h | Navalon et al. (2008) [62] |
6.99 g/L | Air plasma in this work | * complete removal after 3 min |
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Smith, J.B.; Adams, I.; Ji, H.-F. Mechanism of Ampicillin Degradation by Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment with FE-DBD. Plasma 2018, 1, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1010001
Smith JB, Adams I, Ji H-F. Mechanism of Ampicillin Degradation by Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment with FE-DBD. Plasma. 2018; 1(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleSmith, Joshua B., Isaac Adams, and Hai-Feng Ji. 2018. "Mechanism of Ampicillin Degradation by Non-Thermal Plasma Treatment with FE-DBD" Plasma 1, no. 1: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3390/plasma1010001