“…The pH dependence of F might result from the acidbase speciation of excited-state species or from acid-catalyzed deactivation of photolysis intermediates. Meanwhile, the F values of RNTD and NZTD were higher than those of carbamazepine (Wols and Hofman-Caris, 2012), naproxen (Pereira et al, 2007), and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (Chu, 2001), while lower than those of diclofenac (Shu et al, 2013) and sulfamethoxazole (Lian et al, 2015), indicating a moderate UV photolysis rate of RNTD and NZTD. With these rate constants, the apparent transformation kinetics of the RNTD and NZTD can be determined for any water/wastewater pH, providing an estimate of baseline removal by UV photolysis.…”