Fluorescent characteristics of the photo- and biotransformations of 2-methylphenol, 4-methylphenol and their mixtures in water exposed to uv radiation of various sources and to Penicillium tardum H-2 culture have been studied. The toxicity of these solutions has also been investigated by means of bioluminescent testing. Preliminary exposure of a 4-methylphenol solution (10−3 M) to uv radiation with λ ∼ 308 nm or to the radiation of a mercury lamp inhibited the subsequent microbiological degradation. Efficient decomposition of methylphenol molecules in the mixture was detected when it was exposed to the radiation of a mercury lamp or to 222-nm radiation and then subject to biodecomposition. The irradiation of solutions of 2-methylphenol and 4-methylphenol and their low-concentration mixtures with 308-nm uv radiation or with the radiation of a mercury lamp resulted in detoxication of the solutions. Extreme toxicity was shown by 4-methylphenol solutions on exposure to uv radiation with λ ∼ 222 nm.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 88–98, December, 2008.
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Tchaikovskaya, O.N., Karetnikova, E.A., Sokolova, I.V. et al. Luminescence investigations of the degradation of 2-methylphenol and 4-methylphenol in water. Russ Phys J 51, 1344–1355 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-009-9187-6
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