Research Article

Doxycycline Degradation by the Oxidative Fenton Process

Table 3

(a) Results of the analysis of variance applied to residual doxycycline concentration data collected at the end of the Fenton process under different operating conditions. (b) Results obtained by the quadratic model.
(a)

Sum of squaresDegrees of freedomMean square-calc. value

(L)218.871218.8682.680.133
(Q)0.00310.0020.000.998
(L)775.211775.2199.500.012
(Q)1253.1911253.19515.360.003
(L)279.761279.7603.430.094
(Q)118.651118.6521.460.255
27.38127.3800.330.575
56.18156.1800.690.426
4.80514.8050.060.813

(b)

Variation sourceSum of squaresDegrees of freedomMean square-calc. value

Regression2688.809298.7563.650.0279
Residues817.951081.795
Lack of fit814.875162.975265.140.000005
Pure error3.0750.615

Total3506.7519

% explained variation ()76.675
Tabled 9; 10; 0.053.02

L = linear regression; Q = quadratic regression; = coded values of ; = coded values of ; = coded values of .