4^ Mediterranean Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry
Portoroz, Slovenia
15-20 September 2002		 Dr. Giovanni Visco
from Prof. L. Campanella
Research Group		 Rome University
La Sapienza
Chemistry Department
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Photoassisted degradation


The photodegradation process needs:
  1. UV irradiation (with wavelength from 100 up to 400 nm)
  2. a catalyst able to generate radicalic species under UV exposure
  3. an, at least stoichiometric quantity of dissolved O2 in solution

The process can be followed by monitoring the target molecule disappearing or the CO2 concentration increase in the test solution

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