@article{scholars1347,
          volume = {9},
           pages = {365--370},
            year = {2010},
            note = {cited By 14},
           title = {Photo-fenton treatment of antibiotic wastewater},
         journal = {Nature Environment and Pollution Technology},
          number = {2},
       publisher = {Technoscience Publications},
            issn = {09726268},
          author = {Elmolla, E. S. and Chaudhuri, M.},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78651561696&partnerID=40&md5=f070ca12c5a05e380e40976d6bbc644c},
        abstract = {The study examined photo-Fenton treatment of an antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin, and evaluated the effect of operating conditions (H2O2/COD molar ratio and H2O 2Fe2+molar ratio) on biodegradability (BOD5/COD ratio) improvement and mineralization. The optimum operating conditions for treatment of the antibiotic wastewater was observed to be H2O 2/COD molar ratio 2.5 and H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 20 (COD/H2O2/Fe2+ molar ratio 1/2.5/0.125) at pH 3 and reaction time 30 min. Under optimum operating conditions, complete degradation of amoxicillin and cloxacillin occurred in one minute, biodegradability improved from 0.09 to 0.50 {\^A}{$\pm$} 0.01 in 30 min, and COD and DOC removal were 67 {\^A}{$\pm$} 1  and 51 {\^A}{$\pm$} 2, respectively in 30 min. The study indicated that the photo-Fenton process can be used as pretreatment for antibiotic degradation and biodegradability improvement of antibiotic wastewater containing amoxicillin and cloxacillin.},
        keywords = {Antibiotics; Biodegradability; Degradation; Image enhancement; Wastewater treatment, Amoxicillin; Antibiotic degradation; Antibiotic wastewaters; Cloxacillin; Operating condition; Optimum operating conditions; Photo-Fenton process; Photo-Fenton treatments, Molar ratio, antibiotics; biodegradation; mineralization; waste treatment; wastewater}
}