%0 Journal Article %T Photocatalytic degradation investigation of dicofol %A Binbin Yu %A JingBin Zeng %A LiFen Gong %A XiaoQing Yang %A Limei Zhang %A Xi Chen %J Chinese Science Bulletin %@ 1861-9541 %D 2008 %I %R 10.1007/s11434-007-0482-8 %X Photocatalytic degradation of dicofol was investigated on TiO2 nano particles (TiO2-NPs) under UV light irradiation. It was shown that dicofol could be completely degraded into inorganic chloride ion under the condition of 0.25 mg/mL TiO2-NPs, 2 h irradiation of 400 W high pressure mercury lamp with a wavelength of 365 nm and air at a rate of 100 mL/min. The effects of the experimental conditions, including the amount of TiO2-NPs, irradiation time and the intensity of light, were studied. The apparent photodegradation rate constant was 0.167/min under the optimal condition. The photocatalytic degradation mechanism of dicofol was also discussed. %K nano TiO2 %K photocatalytic degradation %K dicofol %U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11434-007-0482-8