%0 Journal Article %T Degradation of acetonitrile residues using oxidation processes %A Micaroni %A Regina C. da C. M. %A Bueno %A Maria Izabel M. S. %A Jardim %A Wilson de F. %J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society %D 2004 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨Şmica, SBQ %R 10.1590/S0103-50532004000400011 %X several oxidation processes were investigated to degrade residues of acetonitrile. alternatives such as photolysis, degradation with hydrogen peroxide, fenton and photo-fenton processes were investigated. among the options studied, photolysis proved to be the best choice. photolysis promoted 100% degradation of 20% aqueous acetonitrile solutions in 30 hours. this method proved to be a cheap alternative to decompose toxic residues of acetonitrile, which tend to be accumulated in laboratories that use rp-hplc equipments. %K acetonitrile %K oxidation process %K degradation. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532004000400011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en