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Contribution of the Photo-Fenton Reaction to Hydroxyl Radical Formation Rates in River and Rain Water Samples

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The hydroxyl radical (OH radical) formation rates from the photo-Fenton reaction in river and rain water samples were determined by using deferoxamine mesylate (DFOM), which makes a stable and strong complex with Fe(III), resulting in a suppression of the photo-Fenton reaction. The difference between the OH radical formation rates with and without added DFOM denotes the rate from the photo-Fenton reaction. The photoformation rates from the photo-Fenton reaction were in the range of 0.7–45.8 × 10−12 and 2.7–32.3 × 10−12 M s−1 in river and rain water samples, respectively. A strong positive correlation between the OH radical formation rate from the photo-Fenton reaction and the amount of fluorescent matter in river water suggests that fluorescent matter, such as humic substances, plays an important role in the photo-Fenton reaction. In rain water, direct photolysis of hydrogen peroxide was an important source of OH radicals as well as the photo-Fenton reaction. The contributions of the photo-Fenton reaction to the OH radical photoformation rates in river and rain water samples were in the ranges of 2–29 and 5–38%, respectively. Taking into account the photo-Fenton reaction, 33–110 (mean: 80) and 42–110 (mean: 84)% of OH radical sources in river and rain water samples, respectively, collected in Hiroshima prefecture were elucidated.

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  1. Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University, 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8529, Japan

    Nobutake Nakatani

  2. Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8521, Japan

    Nobutake Nakatani, Marina Ueda, Hirotaka Shindo, Kazuhiko Takeda & Hiroshi Sakugawa

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Nakatani, N., Ueda, M., Shindo, H. et al. Contribution of the Photo-Fenton Reaction to Hydroxyl Radical Formation Rates in River and Rain Water Samples. ANAL. SCI. 23, 1137–1142 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.23.1137

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