Mechanism of The Reaction of ozone with Soluble Aromatic Pollutants

Abstract

Abstract Results obtained during the ozonation of aqueous solutions of aromatic compounds have shown that the reaction occurs in two steps : a relatively rapid first phase leading to the opening of the aromatic ring and a second one in which the sub–products, resulting from the first phase, are stable towards further ozonation. They do not, therefore, consume ozone ; moreover they are rapidly biodegradable.