Publications by authors named "Raquel Lopez Fernandez"
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- This study investigates the effectiveness of a submerged membrane photocatalytic reactor in removing 17beta-oestradiol (E2) from water, particularly focusing on the effects of humic acid (HA) present in the mixture.
- Key operating parameters like membrane pore size, UV intensity, and hydraulic retention time (HRT) were assessed, leading to the discovery that a tighter membrane provided better HA removal and higher transmembrane pressure.
- Long-term testing showed that the photocatalytic performance decreased over time, with significant passive adsorption of E2 to organic matter, while increased UV intensity improved E2 removal rates up to over 90%.
Typical radical traps (galvinoxyl, TEMPO, DPPH) react with palladium hydrides, sometimes at rates competitive with those of palladium hydride catalyzed reactions that follow an insertion mechanism (for example, alkene isomerization). Thus, positive results for radical reaction tests can be misleading. The complexes with more polarizable (neutral complexes rather than cationic) and more accessible hydrides, and the less sterically protected radical traps, react faster.
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