Adsorption and Photocatalytic Decomposition of the 𝛽-Blocker Metoprolol in Aqueous Titanium Dioxide Suspensions: Kinetics, Intermediates, and Degradation Pathways

Table 2

Kinetics of metoprolol UV-C photodegradation under different conditions.

	Glass material reactor	Glass filter 𝜆≥280 nm	pH	𝑡1/2 (h)
Photolysis	Borosilicate	with	5.8±1	16.5±0.5
		without	5.8±1	11.6±0.6
	Quartz	without	5.8±1	10.5±0.5
Photocatalysis	Borosilicate	without	5.8±1	0.81±0.4
		without	9.0±1	0.58±0.3