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Fig. 2
Production of H
2
O
2
and ROOH as a result of
photoinduced and microbial
incubation on filtered and
unfiltered river waters.
Data source
Mostofa et al.
(Manuscript in preparation)
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Fig. 3
Production of H
2
O
2
and ROOH as a result of solar
irradiation on the aqueous
solutions of fulvic acid in
photoexperiments conducted
using a solar simulator
(a)
MQ water
SRFA (1 mg/L)
SRFA (3 mg/L)
SRFA (5 mg/L)
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
120
(b)
100
80
60
40
20
0
0
30
60
180
Irradiation time (min)
unfiltered samples of river water (Fig.
2
b), which suggests that particulate mat-
ter (or microbes) in unfiltered river water are susceptible to rapidly degrade
ROOH. (iii) ROOH compounds were frequently generated under dark incuba-
tion (which followed irradiation) in unfiltered and filtered river waters (Fig.
1
b),
