APPLICATION OF ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION IN OXIDATION POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON
Meet Kamal* and D. K. Awasthi
ABSTRACT
This oxidative process is one of the chief degradation pathways for PAHs in the natural aquatic environment. Photodegradation products of the following PAHs are characterized: naphthalene in vapor, phenanthrene in silica-air inter-phase anthracene in aqueous and organic solvents pyrene in soil surface or on carbon benzo[a]pyrene in aqueous media and some heterocyclic compounds in solutions or on solid surfaces. Since then, characterization of photoproducts of some PAH in aqueous or water/organic solvent mixtures are available: naphthalene pyrene benz[a]anthracene methyl substituted BAs, 1-hydroxypyrene, and 1-aminopyrene (AP).
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