Journal
RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 108, Issue -, Pages 102-105Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2014.12.002
Keywords
Sewage sludge; Gamma irradiation; Sulfamethazine; Antibiotics; Hydrogen peroxide
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51338005, 51178241]
- International Atomic Energy Agency [16870/R0]
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The gamma-irradiation-induced degradation of antibiotics sulfamethazine (SMT) in sludge mixture was investigated. The results showed that gamma irradiation was effective in removing SMT from contaminated sludge mixture. With an initial SMT concentration of 10 mg/L, the SMT removal efficiency reached 65% at 1.0 kGy and increased to 98% at 2.5 kGy. The SMT degradation rate was lower in the sludge mixture than that in pure water. The pseudo first-order kinetic constant of SMT degradation in pure water was 2.3 times higher than that in the sludge mixture. Analysis of the SMT concentrations in the supernatant and sludge residue revealed that 93-97% of SMT was observed in the supernatant and the detected SMT in the sludge residue was 168 +/- 29, 147 +/- 4, and 87 +/- 9 mu g/g dry weight following irradiation at doses of 0, 1.0 and 2.5 kGy, respectively. The sludge solubilization slowly increased from 1.5% to 3.5% with increasing dose from 1.0 to 5.0 kGy, while the sludge activity decreased by 85-98%. Addition of H2O2 exhibited a synergetic effect on the degradation of SMT, with the pseudo first-order kinetic constant k increasing by around 25%. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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