A Kinetic and Mechanismic Study of Plasma-Induced Degradation of Monochloropropionic Acids in Water by Means of Anodic Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis

Table 2

Elemental yields of products at 240 min from CGDE of MCPAs.

MCPA	Conversion (%)	Chlorine			Carbon
		Cl^−	MCA	ND	MCA	CA	PDA	Oxalic acid	Formic acid	IC	ND
3-MCPA	76	65	10	1	8		14	3	6	44	1
2-MCPA	70	69		1		10		2	3	52	3

: 5.0 mmol/L; inorganic carbon; not determined; the corresponding intermediate products were not detected through the reaction time.