Effect of Bromide and Nitrite on the Degradation of Monochloramine

摘要

The results indicate that relatively small concentrations of nitrite can greatly accelerate the degradation of monochloramine in the presence of bromide. It does not appear that nitrite is being significantly consumed in a 1:1 stoichiometric oxidation by monochloramine. If the effect of nitrite is catalytic then these results suggest that the presence of nitrite may also accelerate other oxidation-reduction reactions. For example, nitrite may play an important role in oxidant decay in partially nitrified sewage effluents where both monochloramine and nitrite may be present. If not a complex oxidation-reduction possibly involving bromide as a catalyst is indicated. The results also suggest that the presence of other potentially oxidizable species may affect oxidant decay in a manner not attributable to a simple parallel oxidation.