Barium titanate doped with lanthanum was used with ultrasound to break down the antibiotic sulfadiazine in water. The doped material degraded 89.06% of the antibiotic in 60 minutes and outperformed undoped material by about 15% on average.
Key numbers
- Degradation 89.06% in 60 minutes; rate constant 0.0378 per minute (abstract).
Methods (brief)
Sol-gel-hydrothermal synthesis and piezocatalytic tests with ultrasound across concentration, dose, pH and background ion conditions.
Evidence fitness
Off-topic for dietary exposure: does not support dietary exposure or toxicity claims.
Limitations
Laboratory material or biomedical study; no environmental, food or human exposure measurements.
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