Experimental assessment of electrochemical processes in the remediation of atrazine contaminated soils
Petrucci, E.; Di Palma, L.; Merli, C.
Annali di Chimica 92(10): 1007-1013
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4592 PMID: 12489266 Document Number: 550507
The electrochemical oxidation of an atrazine solution obtained from a flushing treatment of a contaminated soil was investigated. The influence of ethanol on atrazine oxidation was studied. Results show that the electrogenerated Fenton's reagent provides a complete degradation of atrazine and its main chlorinated by-products via N-dehalkylation and dechlorination. This process therefore presents an effective alternative to the chemical oxidation treatment which necessarily needs a further biological state.