“…However, as the photo-Fenton process proceeds, partial degradation of the organic material causes the pH of the medium to fall to ca. pH 2.0, where photolysis of FeCl 2+ dominates over photolysis of Fe(OH) 2+ and where the chloride ion efficiently converts any HO • formed in the system into the intrinsically much less reactive Cl 2 • -radical anion (Bacardit et al, 2007;Buxton et al, 1999;De Laat et al, 2004;George & Chovelon, 2002;Kiwi et al, 2000;McElroy, 1990;Moraes, et al, 2004a;Nadtochenko & Kiwi, 1998;Pignatello, 1992;Soler et al, 2009;Truong et al, 2004;Yu, 2004;Yu et al, 2004;Yu & Barker, 2003a, 2003bZapata et al, 2009). As a result, virtually complete inhibition of the photoFenton degradation of typical organic substrates (Kiwi & Nadtochenko, 2000; www.intechopen.com Moraes et al, 2004aMoraes et al, , 2004bPignatello, 1992) will occur at moderate chloride ion concentrations [>0.03 M NaCl for aliphatic hydrocarbons (Moraes et al, 2004a); >0.2 M NaCl for phenols] when the pH of the medium reaches pH 2.0 or below.…”