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. 2017 Sep 7;7:10864. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-11419-2

Table 3.

Kinetic equation of light degradation of insecticides. Note: Contents of SP + EM determined by HPLC.

Insecticide Formulation Kinetic equation Correlation coefficient Half-life (d)
SP Non-encapsulated Qt = 13.5e−0.088t 0.99 7.92
In SP-EM-microspheres Qt = 13.5 e−0.036t 0.99 19.9
EM Non-encapsulated Qt = 3.36 e−0.096t 0.99 7.26
In SP-EM-microspheres Qt = 3.37 e−0.046t 0.98 16.2

Kinetic equations based on degradation curve shown in Fig. 2.