(1) Laboratoire des Géomatériaux, CNRS FRE 2455, Université de Marne-la-Vallée, Champs-sur-Marne, France;(2) Laboratoire dElectrochimie et de Chimie Analytique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
Abstract:
The degradation of the herbicide imazapyr has been carried out by three advanced oxidation processes involving iron ions as catalysts: Fentons reagent, photo-Fenton and electro-Fenton. We show that all processes are rapid and efficient. The kinetic rate constant was found to be
k=5.4×109 M–1
s–1. The mineralization of imazapyr is almost complete using the photo-Fenton and electro-Fenton processes.