Open AccessINFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND PH ON THE DECOMPOSITION KINETICS OF PERACETIC ACID IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Author(s) -
Leo Kunigk,
S. P. GALIZIA,
R.T. K. SHIKISHIMA,
Rubens Gedraite,
Cynthia Jurkiewicz Kunigk
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
latin american applied research - an international journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1851-8796
pISSN - 0327-0793
DOI - 10.52292/j.laar.2014.441
Subject(s) - peracetic acid , decomposition , aqueous solution , chemistry , kinetics , activation energy , hand sanitizer , reaction rate constant , nuclear chemistry , chemical decomposition , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , hydrogen peroxide , food science , physics , quantum mechanics
Peracetic acid (PAA) is a strong oxidant used by the food industry as a sanitizer, in medical area as a disinfectant and by the textiles and paper industries as a bleacher. Its decomposition rate is an important parameter in these applications. The main purpose of this paper is to study the decomposition kinetics of PAA between 25 and 45 °C in solutions with pH 3.11, 5.0 and 7.0. The decomposition of PAA is a first-order reaction for all solutions and temperatures studied. The rate constants were between 2.08·10-3 and 9.44·10-3 h-1 (pH 3.11), between 2.61·10-3 and 16.69·10-3 h-1 (pH 5.0) and between 7.50·10-3 and 47.63·10-3 h-1 (pH 7.0). The activation energy of PAA decomposition in aqueous solutions are 58.36 and 72.89 kJ·mol-1 when pH was 3.11 and 5.0, respectively.
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