@conference{
author = "Bošnjaković, Jovana and Knežević, Nataša and Marinković, Aleksandar and Manasijević, Srećko and Savić, Andrija and Milošević, Milena",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Population growth, the development of agriculture, industry, and mining, caused the creation of an increasing amount of wastewater. Due to the discharge of wastewater, without prior treatment, the quality of water resources is impaired. Polluting substances, such as pesticides, have a negative impact on human health and the environment. Heavy pollution of both surface and underground water is one of the biggest problems associated with the use of pesticides. They reach human organisms indirectly via agricultural products. Most pesticides are more or less toxic, some of them are highly soluble in water. In recent years, special attention has been paid to the development of methods for the treatment of wastewater contaminated with pesticide residues, in order to partially reduce or eliminate their further impact on humans, plants, and the environment. Among many processes, the photocatalytic degradation process has proven to be a very effective process for the removal of pesticides from wastewater. Photocatalytic degradation implies the breakdown of various types of toxic organic substances into simpler molecules, such as ions, water, etc. In this paper, the photocatalytic degradation of the pesticide mesotrione (MS) using ZnO photocatalyst is presented. The degradation of the pesticide compound was studied using Shimadzu 1800 analytical UV-VIS spectroscopy. As a replacement for UVC radiation, a solar-imitated irradiation Ultra Vitalux (UV) lamp (300W) was used. Degradation kinetics follows pseudo-first order. After 240 minutes, the MS was completely degraded.",
publisher = "Association of Metallurgical Engineers of Serbia (AMES)",
journal = "Proceedings of the 5th Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Congress of South-East Europe, 7-10.06.2023, Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina",
title = "Removal of mesotrione by heterogeneous photocatalytic treatment using uv-vis lamp as light source",
pages = "383-387",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_cer_6251"
}