Authors: Luni Sun Guipeng Yang Xiaoyan Cao Limin Zhou
Publish Date: 2010/04/28
Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-138
Abstract
This paper reports the photochemical degradation of Methylene Blue MB in natural seawater NSW The photodegradation reaction conformed to the firstorder reaction kinetics with the rate constant 00158 min1 MB was photochemically degradated faster under highpressure mercury lamp HPML than under sunlight When MB was in lower concentrations salinity could inhibit the photoreaction whereas MB in higher concentration salinity could accelerate the photoreaction Humid acid could also inhibit the photoreactions Toxicity tests with marine phytoplankton Skeletonema costatum Sk and Heterosigma akashiwo Hada Ha showed decreased acute toxicity after photodegradation
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