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Decomposition of ozone in water in the presence of organic solutes acting as promoters and inhibitors of radical chain reactions

01 Dec 1985-Environmental Science & Technology (American Chemical Society)-Vol. 19, Iss: 12, pp 1206-1213
TL;DR: The derived reaction kinetics allows one to qualitatively interpret the variation of the lifetime of O/sub 3/ found in model solutions and even in natural waters and during drinking water treatment.
Abstract: The decomposition of aqueous ozone is generally due to a chain reaction involving .OH radicals. Many organic solutes (impurities) can react with .OH to yield .O/sub 2//sup -/ upon addition of O/sub 2/. .O/sub 2//sup -/ transfers its electron to a further ozone molecule in a rather selective reaction. The ozonide anion (.O/sub 3//sup -/) formed immediately decomposes into a further .OH radical. Compounds that convert .OH radicals into ozone-selective .O/sub 2//sup -/, therefore, act as promoters of the chain reaction. The efficiencies of different .OH to .O/sub 2//sup -/ converters (e.g., formic acid, primary and secondary alcohols (including sugars), glyoxylic acid, and humic acids) are tested in the presence of other .OH radical scavengers that do not primarily produce .O/sub 2//sup -/ (carbonate, aliphatic alkyl compounds, and tert-butyl alcohol). The derived reaction kinetics allows one to qualitatively interpret the variation of the lifetime of O/sub 3/ found in model solutions and even in natural waters and during drinking water treatment.
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