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Peroxyacetic acid has been widely used in food, medical, and synthetic chemical fields for the past several decades. Recently, peroxyacetic acid has gradually become an effective alternative disinfectant in wastewater disinfection and has strong redox capacity for removing micro-pollutants from drinking water. However, commercial peroxyacetic acid solutions are primarily multi-component mixtures of peroxyacetic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and water. During the process of water treatment, peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) often coexist, which limits further investigation on the properties of peroxyacetic acid. Therefore, analytical methods need to achieve a certain level of selectivity, particularly when peroxyacetic acid and hydrogen peroxide coexist. This review summarizes the measurement and detection methods of peroxyacetic acid, comparing the principle, adaptability, and relative merits of these methods.
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We acknowledge supports from National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFA0705800) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21876049 and 91834301). The authors show deep gratitude to Mr. Casey Finnerty from UC Berkeley on polishing the manuscript.
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• Physical and chemical properties and application of peracetic acid solution.
• Determination method of high concentration peracetic acid.
• Determination method of residual peracetic acid (low concentration).
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Chen Cheng received her B.E. degree from Nanjing Tech University, China in 2017. Following this, she received her M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology, China (2020), supervised by Prof. Hualin Wang and Dr. Xuejing Yang. Her research interests focus on ozone catalytic oxidation, Fenton oxidation and high salinity industrial wastewater treatment.
Haodong Li received his B.E. degree from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China in 2018. Following this, he started his master studentship, supervised by Dr. Xuejing Yang at ECUST. His research interests focus on gas-liquid two-phase flow, proozonation technology and industrial waste water treatment.
Jinling Wang received his B.E. degree in Chemical Engineering and Technology (Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering) from East China University of Science and Technology, China (2016). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering under the supervision of Prof. Honglai Liu and Dr. Xuejing Yang. His research focuses on the development of iron-based solid catalysts for advanced oxidation process (AOP) and selective oxidation process.
Dr. Hualin Wang received his B.E. and M. S. degree in Chemical Mechanical Engineering from Sichuan Technology University and Technology (now Sichuan University), China (1990) and Ph.D. degree from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST, 1995), China. He is currently a full professor and the dean of the school of Resources and Environmental Engineering in ECUST. His research interests are on environmental pollution control by physical methods and the resource recovery.
Dr. Xuejing Yang received his B.E. and Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from from East China University of Science and Technology, China (2014). Then she worked with Prof. David Sedlak as post-doc in Civil and Environmental Department in UC Berkeley, USA. She joint East China University of Science and Technology, China as an associate professor since 2019. Her research interests are on the physical chemistry of environmental redox reactions and the molecular engineering approaching water-energy-food nexus.
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Cheng, C., Li, H., Wang, J. et al. A review of measurement methods for peracetic acid (PAA). Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 14, 87 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-020-1266-5
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