Laboratory and Pilot-Plant Scale Photocatalytic Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Seawater Using CM-n-TiO₂ Nanoparticles

Table 2

Apparent rate constants () and half-life time reaction () for the photocatalytic degradation of PCBs in seawater using the pilot plant (SFFR).

PCBs	CM-n-TiO2			n-TiO2
	(min^−1)	(min)		(min^−1)	(min)
Ar 1254 (0.5 ppm)	0.0416	16.66	0.9854	0.0218	31.80	0.9759
Ar 1260 (0.5 ppm)	0.0509	13.62	0.9818	0.0231	30.01	0.985
Ar 1254 (0.5 ppm) + Ar 1260 (0.5 ppm)	0.0482	14.38	0.9909	0.0225	30.81	0.9983