Insights into the degradation of sulfamethoxazole in UV/nitrite system: Mechanism, transformation process and disinfection by-products formation

• Published in: Journal of water process engineering Vol. 66; p. 106041
• Main Authors: Huang, Jiahui, Yang, Bufan, Ma, Xin, Zhang, Xin, Huang, Sinong, Du, Erdeng, Ma, Xiaoyan, Deng, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Degradation mechanism; Disinfection by-products; Nitrite; Sulfamethoxazole; UV; Disinfection by-products; Sulfamethoxazole; Degradation mechanism; Nitrite

Antibiotics removal from wastewater by conventional methods is limited, and their lingering presence in the environment can be hazardous to both human health and the ecosystem. Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is one of the primary study subjects for antibiotic contamination, the degradation behavior, mechani...