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Persulfate-based photodegradation of a beta-lactam antibiotic amoxicillin in various water matrices.

Amoxicillin (AMX), a widely used beta-lactam antibiotic, belongs to the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines. This subsequently causes its long-term presence in the environment and therefore, affects different environmental compartments. In this research, the degradation and mineralisation of AMX by UVC-activated persulfate-based treatment in various aqueous media was assessed. The degradation of the target compound was in accordance with the pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics in all the UVC-induced systems. The results indicated that AMX degradation in any real water matrices is notably inhibited by the matrix properties. The trials with radical scavengers in ultrapure water proved the existence of [Formula: see text] and HO. , but mainly [Formula: see text] contributed to the degradation of AMX in the UVC/[Formula: see text] and UVC/[Formula: see text]/Fe2+ systems. It was shown that the parent compound disappeared during the treatment, but the mineralisation extent referred to the formation of transformation products the main of which were identified. The findings of this study could provide valuable information about the elimination of beta-lactam antibiotics from various environmental and processed waters.

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