ELECTROCHEMICAL INCINERATION OF SHORT-CHAIN CARBOXYLIC ACIDS WITH NB‑SUPPORTED BORON DOPED DIAMOND ANODE: SUPPORTING ELECTROLYTE EFFECT INTO THE ELECTROGENERATED OXIDANT SPECIES (HYDROXYL RADICALS, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND PERSULFATE)

This work describes the electrochemical oxidation study of three short chain carboxylic acids (acetic, oxalic and formic 0.18 mol L-1) using different electrolysis conditions (electrolyte composition and current density) in an electrochemical reactor fitted with niobiumsupported/BDD electrode (Nb/BBD) as anode and titanium plate as cathode. The experiments were focused to elucidate if the oxidation of these carboxylic acids involved a direct or a mediated oxidation pathway, as well as their electrochemical incineration efficiency using this electrochemical reactor. The amount of oxidizing spec...