ABSTRACT

T he ferric co m p lex s can n o t reac t e ffic ien tly w ith h y d ro g en p e ro x id e . It w ill im p ed e th e reac tio n o f p ro d u c in g h ydroxy l rad ica ls , th u s the d eco m p o sitio n rate o f d ich lo rv o s is s lo w ed dow n. A n o th er rea so n is th a t СГ w ill in te rac t w ith h ydroxy l rad ica ls (as in E q u .l3 )[2 ] , so th a t СГ w ill co m p ete w ith o rgan ic co m p o u n d s fo r h ydroxy l rad ica ls and s lo w d o w n th e d ec o m p o sitio n ra te o f d ich lo rvos.