Determination of Ketorolac in the Effluent from a Hospital Treating Plant and Kinetics Study of Its Photolytic Degradation

Table 8

Degradation results for ketorolac with ultraviolet radiation.

Time (h)	Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3
	Ketorolac; (mol/L)	Ketorolac; (mol/L)	Ketorolac; (mol/L)
0	0.0001997875	0.0001997875	0.0001932206
0.5	0.0002023158	0.0002009421	0.0001949987
1	0.0002029341	0.0002005465	0.0001943721
3	0.0002083404	0.0001981625	0.0001913357
4	0.0002037832	0.0001924920	0.0001882330
5	0.0002009338	0.0001825738	0.0001775599
6	0.0002066012	0.0001646013	0.0001573098
7	0.0001835656	0.0001230821	0.0001170299
8	0.0001611106	0.0001001495	0.0000955237
9	0.0001383091	0.0000897662	0.0000864861
22	0.0000135506	0.0000051354	0.0000045894
25	0.0000097583	0.0000024875	0.0000023666
47	0.0000007281	0.0000004353	0.0000004399