Aspirin and paracetamol removal using a commercial micro-sized TiO2 catalyst in deionized and tap water

摘要: Micro-sized TiO2 catalyst was employed to degrade pharmaceutical compounds, i.e. aspirin and paracetamol, two of the most widely used drugs, purchasable without prescription. Their active agents, acetylsalicylic acid acetaminophen, are characterized by different substituent groups, linked aromatic ring, which affect both photodegradation mineralization processes. The experimental conditions highlight relationship between nature pristine molecules, their degradation mechanisms, mutual interference water’s role. research started from model systems with a single pollutant mixture them finally moving deionized water tap water.